Hey guys, this is the Advocate of Autism.
I want to thank Doctor82 for showing everyone my blog and even trying to get people to comment on it. Unfortunately he only got two people to comment on my blog and one of them was him. Oh well, thanks for trying.
Time to get serious though.
There has been a lot of people badmouthing me and my blog in this thread. I have come out to say that I stand by my views even if everyone on here is against me and I get bashed and verbally abused in the posts that follow this.
First of all, I want to address Katie_WPG . Katie, if you try and insult myself an my blog, do me a favor: Read it word from word.
I did not ask random people to join my club. I was walking in the hall and one ex-friend of mine asked the other ex-friend sarcastically if she wanted to join the Autism Awareness Club in a sarcastic tone? The other gave a loud "HELL NO" so I could hear her. They did that to insult me and symbolized that they would not dare join a group about Autism. Myself being autistic was one of the leading factors in them breaking up their friendship with me.
Please read my blog properly before making insults.
"autistic kids are so stupid they will be amused by anything,"
Thank you Redtatsu. That's why I was offended. That's what the Nostalgia Critic was symbolizing in his joke. That's why it was so offensive, to me at least. I think a lot of you guys just didn't make that connection.
Thank you Vince for the fair post you made as well.
I am going to copy and paste the e-mails that Doug Walker (The Nostalgia Critic) and I sent to each other. Oh and Doctor82, thanks for sending the Nostalgia Critic a link to my blog. It was unnecessary because I already sent him the link to my blog in the e-mail I sent to him last March.
Here it is: First one I send
Hi Doug, my name is Anthony (AJ) O'Hagan. I am a fan of yours and I love your
> reviews. However, the joke you made about Autistic Children in your Ernest Saves
> Christmas review offended me.
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> I have a mild form of Autism while my younger brother has a severe form of
> Autism. I am the Founding President of the Utica College Autism Awareness Club.
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> Click on the link below:
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> This is my Autism Blog. I want you to read every single blog post so you can
> learn what Autism is all about. I write posts about what Autism is, growing up
> with Autism, a speech about my younger brother, my experiences working with
> autistic children, etc.
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> I want you to read every single post so that you can understand what Autism is
> and so that you will never make fun of Autistic Children again.
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> I also call myself "The Autistic Sports Nerd" and also write a blog
> about sports.
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> Thank you for reading this letter! Keep up the other-wise great reviews!
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> Your fan,
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> Anthony (AJ) O'Hagan a.k.a, the Autistic Sports Nerd
His response
"Sir, you are 100% right. It was not a fair joke, I debated whether or not to put it in, and now that I have, I am not happy that I did. My girlfriend actually works with autistic children and I myself have known a few autistic people. It was not a good joke nor an antiquate one. I do not usually change my videos and often stand by my humor, but here I believe I made quite the mistake. In the coming week I am going to take that joke out of the video. Thank you for letting me know your concern as it was also a concern of mine.
Thank you again Anthony and take care,
Doug Walker"
My response to his response
"Thank you so much Doug!! You are forgiven. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my e-mail. Everyone (especially me) makes mistakes but I'm glad you learned. That's cool that your girlfriend works with Autistic Children. Thank you so much Doug! Keep up with the great reviews!!
Your Fan,
Anthony (AJ) O'Hagan"
I am very proud to be Autistic. Am I a little sensitive? Maybe, but that's because I have too much pride in being Autistic, which is nothing to be ashamed about.