Jenny McCarthy's hashtag #EndAutismNow

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14 Aug 2018, 4:56 pm

I remember reading Evan had a seizure as a child. Landau-Kleffner syndrome is accompanied by epilepsy.

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15 Aug 2018, 8:11 pm

@SpecialOlympics replying to @BadAssActivist and @JennyMcCarthy

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We hear you on this issue and we have removed the post. We want to make it very clear that Special Olympics does not agree with Jenny McCarthy’s personal views and opinions on this issue

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21 Aug 2018, 3:29 am

There's already a wave of negativity surrounding autism. I'm really glad this got panned by so many people. She absolutely deserves all of these responses and more. It's hard enough to live with autism, and I'm lucky to have it fairly mildly, but those with more extreme symptoms especially don't deserve this kind of treatment.

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23 Aug 2018, 1:14 am

I'm proud of the people who stood up to her. I would have done the same thing if I knew about the cold-blooded hashtag.

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31 Aug 2018, 6:38 pm

I've seen some interesting stuff when I look up the #EndAutismNow hashtag on Instagram. About half of it is from an anti-vaxxer who posts anti-vaccine sh!t, while the other half is from autistic people who are expressing their opposition to Jenny McCarthy's ideas.

Honestly, I would be one of those autistic people who posts their opinions about the autistic community and being autistic themself. But I'll save that until April.

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31 Aug 2018, 7:06 pm

Yet another NT who hates Aspie/Autistic people.Jenny McCarthy is simply a part of the vast majority of NT's who don't like Aspie/Autistic people.This is why I don't try to be friends with NT'S(outside of the fact that I have absolutely nothing in common with them at all).This is why I don't even try to have conversation with NT's unless it's strictly for work related reasons.

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31 Aug 2018, 7:36 pm

rick42 wrote:

Plenty of NTs hate aspies, but plenty are open-minded and nice people. Hating and avoiding all or most NTs doesn't do anything to stop them from hating aspies, and only alienates NTs and aspies even more.

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14 Sep 2018, 1:12 am

Pro #EndAutismNow op ed by Autistic author appears in the Times Of Israel. Jonathan Ferguson was reacting to the tweet by Simon Baron Cohen calling the campaign hate speech and eugenics.

Godwin in Cambridge! Autism Intellectual’s ‘Nazi’ Comments Spark Almighty Uproar

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14 Sep 2018, 9:27 am

Wikipedia sites her as a anti-vaccine activist.
What did you expect from her?

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04 Nov 2018, 6:38 pm

#StopJennyMcCarthyNow

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04 Nov 2018, 6:40 pm

Arganger wrote:

Wikipedia sites her as a anti-vaccine activist.
What did you expect from her?

You can't expect her to be a Sweet Pea.

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05 Nov 2018, 10:25 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

Arganger wrote:

Wikipedia sites her as a anti-vaccine activist.
What did you expect from her?

You can't expect her to be a Sweet Pea.

Yep, she remains a negative presence unto most autistic persons

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10 Jan 2019, 5:59 am

Why can’t she just love her son the way he is?

I think that is the root of all her outbursts and rants and crusades.

She desperately wants him to be like every other child, but he is different.

She should love HIM, not who she wants him to be.

He deserves unconditional love, whether he is perfect or not.

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10 Jan 2019, 6:50 am

Disgusting. Kudos to Mr Baron Cohen for setting the record straight.

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13 Jan 2019, 6:07 pm

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"End autism now" does not mean "Exterminate autistic people".

It means "Relieve people of their autistic symptoms".

Of course, I realize that other people don't see it that way.

I wouldn't be so sure. I've had people, with a straight face, say I should be euthanized for the good of society.

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