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30 Oct 2014, 10:10 pm

Autism speak in a nutshell with only a very few keywords used.

Nazi, lebensborn, superior race.

That's right,

They pretty much want to go all nazi on us and destroy us because we were the reason their marriage failed or how they could not play football with us.



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31 Oct 2014, 3:35 am

Butterfiend wrote:
r2d2 wrote:
for your information - here is the infamous Autism Speaks, "I am Autism" commercial - One doesn't have to be a politically correct neurodiversity activist to see why most people with autism might find this deeply offensive:



http://youtu.be/8mycxSJ3-_Q


THAT'S PRETTY F*CKED UP! Just wow.....

"I am the devil. I mean, autism." Seriously, that could have been a religious scare ad about demons or something. It's on that same intellectual level. It says as little as possible about what autism actually is, portraying it as some evil entity infecting children rather than a psychological condition that should be recognized and coped with.

The bargain-basement production values suggest they are not even bothering to put a lot of money into the campaign, but as long as they get enough to spread their wrongheaded message, it's still too much. Autism Speaks is nothing but an obstacle to the rest of the NT world understanding us, and it should be made fun of and boycotted until it disappears.

Until then, it's just a part of the problem instead of the solution, and one more reason to avoid Yoko Ono. (According to Wikipedia, she's their global ambassador.)


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31 Oct 2014, 8:43 am

http://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress ... ted-62014/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/05/1 ... ism-Speaks



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31 Oct 2014, 9:04 am

B19 wrote:
They solicit millions and millions of dollars from donors each year - and only 4% goes to support families and family support programmes.
4% is an appallingly low figure in the soliciting-for-charity industry. So they are self serving. That's one of the reasons people hate them for sure.

And, Autism Speaks has lost millions of dollars over the last few years. "Unexpected revenue shortfalls." I don't feel sorry for the group.


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29 Sep 2015, 12:51 pm

I thought Autism$peaks was just another American far right wing organisation dressed up as a charity. They are not really autism advocates at all thy just claim to be.