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philosopherBoi
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12 Aug 2008, 12:51 pm

In ten words describe Autism Speaks.

Also what are some of the groups that promote what autism really is??

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12 Aug 2008, 3:38 pm

People who ignore those with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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12 Aug 2008, 4:37 pm

philosopherBoi wrote:

Also what are some of the groups that promote what autism really is??

the National autistic society-
http://www.nas.org.uk/ and Autism Initiatives- http://www.autisminitiatives.org/ are two very big UK organisations that promote/educate on autism and choose support and teaching skills to best of ability, over cure research.

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12 Aug 2008, 4:38 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

philosopherBoi wrote:

Also what are some of the groups that promote what autism really is??

Thank you very much.

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12 Aug 2008, 5:48 pm

ASAN also does a pretty good job. http://www.autisticadvocacy.org

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29 Sep 2010, 4:44 pm

autism speaks is an organization of complete imbeciles who deserve to be killed in a most brutal fashion. they use us to get money which they say is going to autism research (and even that I'm against) but it just goes to themselves. hell, they are SO greedy they deserve to be called scientologists, those stingy tin-heads! (...and don't even get me started on them)

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01 Oct 2010, 9:28 am

Radicalised fear-mongers pretending to support and respect Autistic people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdcDlQVYtM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMMwG7RrFQ&feature=fvw

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01 Oct 2010, 11:14 am

A marketing genius that needs to evolve into making more positive decisions.

Sorry, can't get it down to 10 words

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01 Oct 2010, 11:32 am

Tax exempt money money cash cash cash dollar dollar bills

One of the guys who runs Autism Speaks describes this well:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZmF1v-IYgk[/youtube]

I consider myself lucky that here in the UK the main autism charity (the National Autistic Society) is a good one who promote understanding.

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01 Oct 2010, 3:20 pm

autism speaks = autism won't shut up

(or more like, autistic kids' maudlin and cloying parents won't shut up)

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01 Oct 2010, 4:43 pm

Ten words or less?

"No thank you."

Ten words exactly?

"No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! Thank you."

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01 Oct 2010, 6:10 pm

A group of people who don't know anything about autism.

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02 Oct 2010, 7:08 am

Since I am new to Aspie world, I'm wondering about the hostility towards Autism Speaks. Can someone illuminate me? Not "THEY SUCK", but some concrete reasons for the contempt?

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02 Oct 2010, 7:13 am

just search around on google

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02 Oct 2010, 7:15 am

@Wavefreak, I was the same way when I was diagnosed. Here's what I found:

1. They are for pre-natal autism testing. While this doesn't sound horrible on the outside, it has been shown that it will greatly raise the rates of aborting autistics.

2. No autistics are on their board, only parents. Can they really claim to speak for autism when the people on their highest level have no clue what autism really is?

3. The CEO of AS, Bob Wright, has an exorbitant salary of at least six figures. It's somewhere on their website, not sure where, if you want to look it up. People who run charities should not be living high on the hog out of the charitable funds.

4. Their general disdain for autistics, shown in such ads as I Am Autism.

If you need more info, I'm sure one of our other members who has done much more research on the subject would be glad to help you.

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02 Oct 2010, 11:12 am

wavefreak58 wrote:

Since I am new to Aspie world, I'm wondering about the hostility towards Autism Speaks. Can someone illuminate me? Not "THEY SUCK", but some concrete reasons for the contempt?

rossc wrote:

Radicalised fear-mongers pretending to support and respect Autistic people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdcDlQVYtM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMMwG7RrFQ&feature=fvw

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