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Lung_Drac
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29 Dec 2009, 12:04 pm

They've come to Canada:

http://www.autismspeaks.ca/

Just to let anyone know if they didn't know.



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03 Jan 2010, 2:26 am

I guess Id better start thinking about running for Parliament within the next few years so I can question them at committee meetings as an MP and not be thrown out and if AS does throw me out, they would then be held in contempt of Parliament. :D
I can also bring to light any discretions by them as well without being sued if I do so within the chambers of the House of Commons using Parliamentary Privillage.

Im thinking of running as either an independant, Reform (if the grassroots form a new reform party out of protest) or a Conservative within the next few years if I can, which would depend on my financial situation.


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03 Jan 2010, 11:38 pm

Oh, s**t!


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22 Jun 2010, 11:11 am

Oh crap...we're totally screwed...

And like if it wasn't enough,we're already stucked with the ASC (Autism society of Canada),who in case you didn't know,behave EXACTLY like autism speak...

Canada is definetaly the worst place to be autistic...



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22 Jun 2010, 4:43 pm

i'm pretty ignorant of these things :lol:

what's so bad about Autism Speaks :? ?


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23 Jun 2010, 7:22 am

Relax. They aren't that active, mostly they'll just waste people's money an hold walk/runs once a year.


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23 Jun 2010, 7:44 pm

Seanmw wrote:
i'm pretty ignorant of these things :lol:

what's so bad about Autism Speaks :? ?


1. They degrade autistics.

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

2. They waste money on themselves look at this

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt123582.html
The vice president has a salary of 700,000 dollars.

3. Use of scare tactics to cause panic to portray autistics in a completely negative light.

4. No real representation by autistics in the organization. Run by parents and doctors who don't understand.



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23 Jun 2010, 9:07 pm

danieltaiwan wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
i'm pretty ignorant of these things :lol:

what's so bad about Autism Speaks :? ?


1. They degrade autistics.

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

2. They waste money on themselves look at this

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt123582.html
The vice president has a salary of 700,000 dollars.

3. Use of scare tactics to cause panic to portray autistics in a completely negative light.

4. No real representation by autistics in the organization. Run by parents and doctors who don't understand.

okay, so i just got finished reading about it & saw the videos

is there no legal way to destroy or otherwise forcibly disband such a dishonest & offensive monster as this :? ?


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23 Jun 2010, 11:19 pm

Tory_canuck wrote:
I guess Id better start thinking about running for Parliament within the next few years so I can question them at committee meetings as an MP and not be thrown out and if AS does throw me out, they would then be held in contempt of Parliament. :D
I can also bring to light any discretions by them as well without being sued if I do so within the chambers of the House of Commons using Parliamentary Privillage.

Im thinking of running as either an independant, Reform (if the grassroots form a new reform party out of protest) or a Conservative within the next few years if I can, which would depend on my financial situation.


That'd put me in a pickel. On the one hand, I'd have to vote for the anti-autism speaks candidate. On the other hand, I'm never going to vote Tory.



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24 Jun 2010, 2:14 am

My deepest sympathies. I am so sorry for your loss.

Somehow, though, I find this thread hilarious. Maybe because I'm not Canadian.

But anyway. You really do have my deepest sympathies.


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24 Jun 2010, 5:15 am

They're here in the UK as well, except they have hardly any impact and had to change their name since the National Autistic Society (a real autism charity, and the main one here) gave them bad press over the I Am Autism video.

If anyone doesen't know about Autism Speaks, see here:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxM6MVxoUt8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S-9yQrsras[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fc_qtWxMes[/youtube]

If you can't be bothered to watch the videos, it's pretty much summed up in this image:

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25 Jun 2010, 4:59 pm

That image cracks me up. It shows what a bunch of spoilt brats, they are. :lol:


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26 Jun 2010, 11:26 am

Oh bugger.


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29 Jun 2010, 11:46 pm

Sucks for you Canadians. Damn Autism Speaks.



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30 Jun 2010, 12:35 am

If they come to the UK Im trashing their building :lol:



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30 Jun 2010, 3:18 am

LFO wrote:
If they come to the UK Im trashing their building :lol:


They are in the UK, but after the NAS gave them bad press about the I Am Autism video, they scurried off, changed their name, and laid low :lol:

BTW, Autistica = Autism Speaks UK. Stay well away from Autistica!