Some one explain the problems with Autism Speaks?

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The autistic child wishes that people were more like him.

I think that pushing anti-cure ideas is bullying.

I think we are making progress.

My bully was a teacher that would not accept that I cannot write cursive.

They were willing to make my life hell for as long as it took, The result was I left, refused to return, and still hate on that b***h. It has been over fifty years, but I have plans to get her in the next life. Also, anyone who reminds me of her.

Autism Speaks did seem to bring all of that together, we hate the autistic and are going to do something about them!

It was not like it was never a problem, up until 1974 people were put in Mental Institutions just for Aspergers. They did sound like they were calling for the good old days of ice water baths, and Thorazine.

They dithered between cure them, and extirminate them.

They got bombarded, we were not kind to a Eugenics Organization preaching Genocide.

In the beginning all you had to do was go to their web site and join, and say, I am Autistic... and be instantly banned.

They were guilty, and were being run by Marketing and Security.

Wrong Planet was a growing platform, and they were losing the Infowars.

The people they claimed to be helping while collecting $50 Million a year, universally hated them.

Their message of extirminating this disease was not going over well with parents who were looking for something, but wanted to keep the kid.

They had made a great marketing error, they lost the support of the people they claimed to help. They were still raking in the bucks from Corporate tax dodges, and the great uneducated, who will hold torch lit marches through the streets for lots of reasons.

Mostly due to the wonders of web searches, WP posts about how Autism Speaks has a plan to Cure the Jews, were showing up when autism speaks was searched, or cure the jews.

After a couple of years of Autism Speaks Final Solution for Autism vs the 4chan of autistics having fun insulting them, our message got through.

They tried a few outs, we are not out to kill current autistics, just prevent them from being born, so life will be perfect, like Jesus wants.

That did not go over so well, and was besides genocide, also bad science.

Genetics was their last best hope, and as the markers came in, they just kept coming, 3, then 7, then, 13, and now nearing several hundred. No simple test was going to detirmine who was autistic.

The identical twins study was the final nail, twins share everything, but not autism.

They had failed, lost their purpose, and without genocide, their life had no meaning.

There was nothing left but to support autistics, and even have some token autistic friends.

Marketing and Security had failed, and that quite Science Person that had been pushed aside by Marketing was asked their opinion. Their view sounded a lot like Wrong Planet, for being a science geek, they would fit in. 30% of people are somewhat autistic, and the world would not be a better place without them. Eradicating Grad Students and Post Docs is just wrong.

Science got promoted, Marketing got downsized, and Alex got hired to make videos that would not bring the wrath of the web. John Elder Robison was making a name as an autistic writer, and after promising not to kill him, he was invited to join, as a minor player.

The influance of Alex, John, Science, and some Ethics, transformed them. The only place for them was as supporters of the autistic.

It works, they get less complaints from the web, more insider information, and we have found common ground, we want the knowledge of autism and what might work sometimes for some people.

Out of all autistic, most do function, I did, but late in life discovered that me was what was described as autistic, where I had just thought it me. Knowing is better. Education of autistics is important. Knowing how all those other different people function is something you are not likely to discover on your own. I am a lifetime fail at eye contact, tone of voice, and body language, all of which people have written books about, and I a reader. I never knew, I should have.

The minority, low function, have been shown to improve if someone takes the time to do the right things. Also if someone will figure out the right things, write books about it, set up training courses, and do testing to quality check the product, with endless improvment.

This has become the main focus of Autism Speaks, and it is a path with heart.

From life in an Institution, to a Group Home, or to your own apartment, to being able to go out and find your way back, to become involved in life, each little step is a better life someone will live, that takes knowledge, effort, money, and the focus is there now.

Autism Speaks was born rich, put together by some top Executives, brought in a lot of money and built a machine during the growing and figuring out what we are doing phase, a Corporate Blob with connections, that ate the small fry of autism.

I enjoyed smacking them around on the web for years. When they started changing their ways I switched to supporting them. They did show the ability to change, learn, grow as people, and that the heart of their mission was to help people with autism. It took a while to learn, they did, and still are.

The past is gone, they have become the best I could think of, and are rather large, powerful, and on our side.

When objections are listened to, changes made, needs will also be listened to, and effort put forth to meet those needs. I learned how to live with autism by trial and error, learned a lot more on WP, and it is something that can be learned and taught. No cure, just a smoother ride through life, with more good times.

We have the means to do this for ourselves, and as first wave, for all the future. I wish I had been given, The Autism Handbook, many years ago.

I got snotty in my other post, but this is a topic that pushes my buttons. It pushes other peoples buttons too, I see.

The thing is, there is a difference between the very low functioning person and those of us here. The main difference is that those of us here, even those who say they are not high functioning, can communicate. Even if they can't communicate as well with words or in person, they can sit down and type out their thoughts and opinions. The people I am talking about wanting to cure (probably treat, because I doubt there will ever be a cure) are people who cannot communicate.

It's all well and good to say "Learn to understand them" and I assume their family and caregivers do just that. But don't you think they may want to communicate with more people than that? At least give them a choice! If someone doesn't want to take the cure or treatment, they don't have to. But have the choice available for those who do.

As I said, I doubt there will ever be some drug or treatment to change our neurology, just a treatment which may cause a temporary difference. If someone doesn't want to be treated, then when given the treatment they will be able to say "No, I don't want to take any more of this, thanks anyway" or they may reserve using the treatment for certain situations. (I'm imagining something that temporarily helps a person function at a higher level, I don't know if it's ever feasable or not, but it's my scenario.)

It's up to each individual to decide if they want a cure or to be treated. To say "Curing autism is wrong, do not do it" is just as bad as saying "All autistics need to be cured". We are all individuals and should be able to make the choice for ourselves. Autism Speaks is one organization that is trying to find that cure. They are also more about low functioning people, and probably wouldn't consider those of us here to be in need of any cure.

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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
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There is no such thing as high functioning autism as far as autism speaks is concerned. Although I can talk I am regarded by society as a ret*d and a loser who is unable to hold down a job and basically a leach upon society.