The two self advocacy groups both hold narrow views, a script, and it reads, Autistics are Idiots.
Strange that both have the same script. We Hate Autism Speaks, and we are idiots.
Counting Autism Speaks, ASAN, and AFF, less than a hundred are running a Media Program to discredit three million autistics.
Autism Speaks does come from Media, and Press Releases showing those who do not follow our way are idiots, are a political disinformation action.
Moderate and progressive views on autism are not welcome by those who want control of the money.
For example, ci. Someone set the hounds on him for saying autistics could be self employed. Local, self organized, and of direct benefit to autistics. That set off national alarm bells, what if all the autism money went to autistics?
ci was targeted, for a national organization, and their national hand picked opposition, have a lot invested in picking off the autism money at a national government level. All of their investments in Congress would be for nothing if funding went to State and local level programs, and directly to autistics.
One view is that money is needed to support cocktail parties in New York, with high paying jobs, and directing the remaining funds to important people, research grants for their academic friends.
This has produced nothing, consumed a Billion, and most of the Autism Science we have has come from genetic study of the neanderthal, which they had nothing to do with. Autism Speaks has produced nothing, comsumed much, and tries to continue their lifestyle.
The situation is the same as when they started, the 1% autistic mostly work, and Awareness has only limited their world. The Propaganda has been that autistics are a serious problem, but we have always been around, got by, till the National Marketing of Autism Speaks reduced our chances of just living our three million lives.
Autistic Self Advocacy has shown us as idiots, street thugs, terrorists. They all work from the script you are idiots who hate Autism Speaks.
I see it as one group. Seeking the control of money and power by exploiting autism.
On the other side, three million, who are interested in education, we are Bookish, job training, affordable housing, higher income, we are traditionaly underpaid. ci showed that people at the Group Home level of Autism could band together for employment. Most of us do not live in Group Homes.
We have been excluded, National Cocktail Parties in New York that fund second rate research and street thugs are out to be the only voice of autism. They have friends in Washington, National Media.
We three million have the same problems as ever, and now another.
They seek to steal our voice, reduce us to dependants on their view of autism, and have never done anything that has improved our lives. When we speak, act, with some understanding that as a group, we are a public expense, and we are less productive than we could be, that there could be a better path forward for all, someone sends in the goons to disrupt.
We are Autism, we will live our three million lives, and we are the only people who can change things. Now we are under a Political attack, from the Right and thier other Right.
It is all about money, control, politics, and none of these groups have done anything for us. All of their actions have been for one cause, placing themselves in position to gain income.
We are the 99.99%, every dollar that goes to some national organization comes out of the little that is for our support, which should be going for education, employment, housing, supports needed so the autistic can at least function at the level their education and IQ suggests.
Childhood is an issue, but only for a short time. That some will spend their lives in Instituions is an issue, one that there are no answers for.
The one big problem is almost all of us will live adult lives. Many of us have, and have learned what works for us. Adults not in Institutions have been excluded. We lived, had jobs, businesses, homes, families, but our view is replaced by some Doctor of Psychobabble at UCLA, funded by guess who.
There can be no study of Autism without looking at adult outcomes, which we have millions of. We learned in the field.
Nothing has been learned of Autism, it is not a Genetic defect, there are no drugs that treat or cure. It is a Differance of Thought and Perception, lifetime, unchangable, and we are the people who live those lives.
I find a common culture on Wrong Planet, an Autistic Voice. Studies show that 30% of all have some autistic traits, and almost all function in adult lives. We are known for producing Geeks, Nerds, Professors, Inventors, First Chair in Music, a narrow focus does produce.
Autistic adults are the vast majority, and the only experts.
Developing our common culture is the best path forward. All groups have an identity, Amish, Hasidic, Hispanic, Autistic, they hang out with their own, it is because they share in a cultural identity. In all groups it is the elders that speak from the wisdom of time. No one would put up with an outsider group wanting to Cure Amish Now, with Drugs, haircuts, and polyester suits, and imposing LA or NYC Anglish Culture.
Occupy Autism, for we are millions of voices.
09 Oct 2011, 9:39 am
