Tell Toys"R"Us NOT to Support Autism Speaks!

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Please go to Change.org and sign this petition if you hate Autism Speaks as much as I do! And pass it ON!! !

http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell ... ism_speaks

The letter-

Please Stop Supporting Autism Speaks

Greetings, Mr. Gerald L. Storch CEO, Mr. Clay Creasey CFO, Ms. Claire Babrowski EVP, Ms. Deborah Derby EVP, Mr. Dan Caspersen EVP, Mr. David J. Schwartz,

I am writing this letter with deep concern of your company's decision to support and collect money for the organization known as "Autism Speaks". I visited a local Babies"R"Us location here in San Diego today and was asked if I would like to donate to "Autism Speaks" while I made my purchase. I was completely shocked. I am shocked that a large company such as yours would continue to lend support to "Autism Speaks" (and thus forward their policies and messages on Autism). Dozens of organizations, parents of children with Autism, and adult Autistics themselves have spoken out passionately against "Autism Speaks". That in and of itself would lead one to question your position of support of "Autism Speaks". More concerning is their status as a charity at all. Taken from their own website the information of their 2009 IRS 990 detailing their income and spending:

Geraldine Dawson, Chief Science Officer - Salary: $669,751
Mark Roithmayer, President - Salary: $400,413
Peter Bell, Executive Vice President - Salary: $265,981
Glenn Tringali, Executive Vice President - Salary: $255,256
Alison Tepper Singer, Executive Vice President - Salary: $201,942
Amount Spent on Travel: $2,873,667
Credit Card and Banking Fees: $989,344
Premiums: $1,452,807
Management Fees: $2,038,024
Advertising and Promotion: $2,108,778
Temporary Help: $718,686
Income: $65,826,829
GRANTS PAID OUT: $27,593,390

In fact "Autism Speaks" is NOT even a recommended charity by the Better Business Bureau:

http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/nati ... rk-ny-1456

I am sure your company means well. I am sure Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us are trying to spread awareness and help to Autistic children and families in our country, and as a mother of two young Autistic children I thank you most heartily for your effort. However, I must beg you to reconsider the organization in which you have chosen to do this. Please reconsider and choose a more reputable charity or organization, such as Autism Society for America or many others. Just please, PLEASE, do not choose "Autism Speaks".

Most Sincerely,
Christine Rogers
San Diego, CA

Please see attached the signatures and letters also asking you to stop supporting "Autism Speaks".

Please sign!!

I've signed it.

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No person should be paid that much for working for a charity. Also the BBB item of concern was a very minor issue nothing big having to do with a donation method not being clarified. However I will not be signing the petition because I don't agree with all of the anti-Autism Speaks political jargon. This is my protest toward it despite not liking how much people make.

Signed.

*Doesn't speak

I understand what you are saying, but I made this b/c Autism Speaks collects more $ than any other chairty on behalf of helping people with ASD and only a teeny tiny percentage of the money that they collect goes to that. I feel like regardless of one's feelings of their message, what they are doing is wrong, or at least the public who give to them have a right to know their spending practices before they choose to give. It's my hope maybe they will change their spending practices due to public pressure. But I won't lie, I am very against Autism Speaks in general so maybe I'm just bias.

signed

Anyone that wants money is going to be mad. There focus is research and awareness. Not funding social services.

Definitely signed... definitely much better charities out there... ones that do not support "genocide" which is probably my biggest thing I have against them...

A person with autism has the right to abortion as well. If you want to change the law to remove those rights from people with autism do so. However research into the causes of autism and cures for adverse symptoms is not the Nazi Holocaust or genocide. Just more propaganda in the realm of abortion politics and it should be handled in that arena and not evading rights to treatment advancements. If it is not Autism Speaks it will be another organization seeking causations. They should however not make those kinds of large paychecks.

THAT'S IT! I'M PREACHIN'! *hops up on her soapbox*
The right to abortion??? REALLY??! No sir! that is called a HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION! It is also considered what we christians call "Breaking a commandment" (the first of the ten commandments which says "Thou shall not kill") even if the mother was autistic and didn't want the baby she could always give it up for adoption. In today's society, folks tend to center the attention too much on the mother that the baby inside the womb just doesn't get a chance. And don't question me about my religion or my prolife beliefs because I have no reason to question you about your prochoice views. I'm so sick of ppl avoiding the truth about these sort of issues and finding out later when it happens to them then talking about how much they didn't regret it. Then u have the ones who actually learn something from experiencing abortion (whether they see it or go through it) and that is that it's terrible and it needs to stop. I obviously don't have anything against women since I'm one myself, I just don't appreciate this "my body, my choice" attitude some women have they don't think twice about their baby they are about to kill (yes I said KILL. Deal with it.) I don't have children of my own (had a procedure back when I was 19 that was out of my control. AT 19 YEARS OLD!! Legally I had a say in the matter but my family would not let me.) but because I have suspision that the procedure failed I may still have the ability to have children.
So you are telling a person like me that they can kill their child (or to you a parasite living inside them) when in fact, me being a prolifer would never do that. I'm done ranting at you for now. Just be mindful of who is reading these next time!

Yes. The way to cogently argue an issue is always to choose a side tangent and chase it with as many capitalized words and/or blanket statements of one's beliefs as possible. Preferably with lots of ad hominem attacks, overzealous punctuation, and perhaps even the use of bolded words.

This will in no way derail the debate or otherwise impair its ability to communicate about the issue it is ostensibly about. There is no chance that this will cause an escalation in conflict which entirely obscures the ostensible topic.

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I am very sorry you experienced that. However the law is not mine to control. As it is ladies have the right to abort as a human right to their own bodies and the right to know what is going on when a life is developing in the womb. I am sure Toys R Us does not want to get involved in the issue of abortion but is helping the charity at question for reasons of research to assist in quality of life improvements and related.

My half brother lives in Oregon as well. Him and his wife are very clearly Christians as well. I have seen YouTube videos of Christians who found out a life in the womb was of Down Syndrome and even a kind that has more health problems. They gave birth anyways and through all the trouble, medical procedures from the Down's and special parenting needed they still loved the baby boy.

I signed the petition!

I had to school my mom to NOT donate to Autism Speaks and to donate to local charities recently. They held a 'fundraiser' at my local TJ Maxx. It isn't just Toys 'R Us ... Autism Speaks is everywhere in my area. It worries me that they've become so powerful.

Meh, I don't care who autism speaks partners up with.