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sigholdaccountlost
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10 Feb 2010, 8:06 am

My only issue with the 'cure' is that I'm worried it won't so much be a cure as an eradication of a 'plague on NT society'. :roll:


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10 Feb 2010, 10:33 am

sigholdaccountlost wrote:
My only issue with the 'cure' is that I'm worried it won't so much be a cure as an eradication of a 'plague on NT society'. :roll:


And that is exactly how Autism Speaks views it. If you have ever seen the "I Am Autism" ad campaign, it becomes extremely clear. I'm sure that the vast majority of people who donate to them have good intentions, but the organization itself is abhorrent.


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