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02 Apr 2010, 7:46 am

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/peopl ... Ambassador



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02 Apr 2010, 9:17 am

does that mean Ono's autistic? or is she a non-autistic ambassador to autistics? i hope she is. i love her artwork.



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02 Apr 2010, 9:38 am

No, not autistic. She's just apparently made a piece of art that's made of puzzle pieces, and raised a great deal of money for Autism Speaks by selling it. So, basically, this is a "Thanks for the money" title.

http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2354 ... autism-day


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02 Apr 2010, 9:52 am

I'd rather have someone at least put something hidden in Autism Speak's "art" that tells what they really want.

Nothing against Ono.



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02 Apr 2010, 10:02 am

Did you know why Yoko Ono has this name? It is because when John Lennon introduced her to the other Beatles he said "This is my wife Yoko..." and the other Beatles said "Oh no!". :lol:



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02 Apr 2010, 1:01 pm

Somebody needs to let Autism Speaks know that we reject their ambassador, and will continue to do so until they actually get around to opening up an embassy and negotiations with the Grand Union of Aspergia and Autiland.


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02 Apr 2010, 1:09 pm

I feel bad...I really really like Yoko Ono..


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02 Apr 2010, 2:00 pm

oh. for some reason i missed the "autism speaks" part. that's a shame. maybe if someone educated her about the organization, or gave her a different view of autism, she'd have a more open mind about things.



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02 Apr 2010, 2:06 pm

Is 'You Really Got Me' playing on my local oldies station? I'd better turn it up. Yoko's one of the handful of reasons that I'm still a weenie bit wary of The Beatles. John might have been on the spectrum, and she supports Autism Speaks. What a thing to do to her dead, presumed aspie husband.


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02 Apr 2010, 4:05 pm

....why the hell isn't John Robison the ambassador? After all, an ambassador is usually part of the group they represent.


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02 Apr 2010, 4:58 pm

Why don't we write her about it? Enough letters, and maybe one or two of them will reach her. She's probably got a lot of fan mail, but there's always a chance. Anybody know an address?


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02 Apr 2010, 5:12 pm

Callista wrote:
Why don't we write her about it? Enough letters, and maybe one or two of them will reach her. She's probably got a lot of fan mail, but there's always a chance. Anybody know an address?

Got it: info in the link.

http://www.fanmail.biz/65162.html


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02 Apr 2010, 5:40 pm

Nice.

Yoko Ono
Studio One
1 West 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023
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Okay... example letter.
Points to remember when doing this--
--Keep it short and don't include unnecessary stuff. I think mine's a bit too long, but if I had my way about it I'd write a textbook on it...
--Stay polite, no matter how angry you are.
--Goal is to inform rather than to criticize.
--If you're a fan, say so. People like compliments.

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I recently read about your partnership with Autism Speaks as the "First Global Autism Ambassador". As an autistic person, I believe autism awareness is an important step on the way to increasing acceptance and integration of autistic people into society.

However, it worries me that you chose Autism Speaks for your awareness campaign. It is an understandable choice, because Autism Speaks is a very large, high-profile organization. However, many people simply do not realize how little Autism Speaks actually does to help autistic people.

Autism Speaks raises a great deal of money; however, much of it is spent on their directors' six-figure salaries and on large-scale fundraising events, and most of the rest is spent on genetic research aimed not at helping living autistic people, but at finding a prenatal test to make abortions possible. Less than 5% of the money Autism Speaks receives is used to improve the lives of actual autistic people; and we cannot do anything about it because we are not allowed a decision-making representative on their board of directors.

Even the awareness campaigns that Autism Speaks uses have done more to hurt than help us. Autism Speaks uses fear tactics and stereotypes to cast autism as a monster that ruins families' lives; they compare autism to pediatric AIDS and cancer and complain about how much we cost to educate. Autism Speaks's "awareness" campaigns encourage people to pity or fear autistic people, not accept us.

I agree with your intent. It is important for people to know what autism is. But Autism Speaks is going about it entirely the wrong way. As you continue your efforts to raise awareness, I encourage you to reconsider your partnership with Autism Speaks and find an organization that affirms the rights of autistic people as human beings and fellow-participants in the world we all share.


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02 Apr 2010, 7:04 pm

That is a really good letter, Callista. Maybe she will make her own organization that will help autistic people that way we would like it to help them. That is, if she gets enough well-written letters from other autistics. It might blow her mind that there are so many out there who are perfectly able to communicate their concerns, hopes, and fears.



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02 Apr 2010, 8:01 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
Is 'You Really Got Me' playing on my local oldies station? I'd better turn it up. Yoko's one of the handful of reasons that I'm still a weenie bit wary of The Beatles. John might have been on the spectrum, and she supports Autism Speaks. What a thing to do to her dead, presumed aspie husband.

John Lennon an aspie? I doubt it.


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03 Apr 2010, 1:11 pm

Callista wrote:
Nice.

Yoko Ono
Studio One
1 West 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023
USA


Okay... example letter.
Points to remember when doing this--
--Keep it short and don't include unnecessary stuff. I think mine's a bit too long, but if I had my way about it I'd write a textbook on it...
--Stay polite, no matter how angry you are.
--Goal is to inform rather than to criticize.
--If you're a fan, say so. People like compliments.

Quote:
I recently read about your partnership with Autism Speaks as the "First Global Autism Ambassador". As an autistic person, I believe autism awareness is an important step on the way to increasing acceptance and integration of autistic people into society.

However, it worries me that you chose Autism Speaks for your awareness campaign. It is an understandable choice, because Autism Speaks is a very large, high-profile organization. However, many people simply do not realize how little Autism Speaks actually does to help autistic people.

Autism Speaks raises a great deal of money; however, much of it is spent on their directors' six-figure salaries and on large-scale fundraising events, and most of the rest is spent on genetic research aimed not at helping living autistic people, but at finding a prenatal test to make abortions possible. Less than 5% of the money Autism Speaks receives is used to improve the lives of actual autistic people; and we cannot do anything about it because we are not allowed a decision-making representative on their board of directors.

Even the awareness campaigns that Autism Speaks uses have done more to hurt than help us. Autism Speaks uses fear tactics and stereotypes to cast autism as a monster that ruins families' lives; they compare autism to pediatric AIDS and cancer and complain about how much we cost to educate. Autism Speaks's "awareness" campaigns encourage people to pity or fear autistic people, not accept us.

I agree with your intent. It is important for people to know what autism is. But Autism Speaks is going about it entirely the wrong way. As you continue your efforts to raise awareness, I encourage you to reconsider your partnership with Autism Speaks and find an organization that affirms the rights of autistic people as human beings and fellow-participants in the world we all share.





are you going to send it? i hope so.

(i think it's a great letter too.)

would you be interested in posting if you get a response? (thank you for the address. maybe i'll write too. i like ono. i hope she's open to something else.)