Alex's testimony for the IACC meeting!! !

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13 Mar 2008, 10:13 am

I'm making comments tomorrow at the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee meeting. I've posted my statement to the front of Wrong Planet.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/article362.html

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13 Mar 2008, 11:17 am

Very succinctly put! Alex, you ROCK!

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13 Mar 2008, 1:26 pm

Yay Alex!

I really hope that people listen to what you're saying. I'm becoming more and more frustrated by the way the Autism Speaks message is being rammed down my throat everywhere I go anymore. Can't even shop at Toy-R-Us for my kids anymore because of them.

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13 Mar 2008, 2:09 pm

Thanks! The original comments I wrote were a little different but I decided to change them after having a conversation with the woman who runs neurodiversity.com

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13 Mar 2008, 3:44 pm

Sounds good! I hope that a lot of people listen and think about the ideas you are presenting.

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13 Mar 2008, 4:19 pm

alex wrote:

Thanks! The original comments I wrote were a little different but I decided to change them after having a conversation with the woman who runs neurodiversity.com

Alex, G-d bless you.

Give 'em heck!

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13 Mar 2008, 4:51 pm

Oh good, you got a side swipe at CAN! in there. Pity you didn't give the same swipe at Generation Rescue as well - but that's OK! It's your presentation after all!

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13 Mar 2008, 6:08 pm

I already said my piece, it's in comments underneath the article. good job!

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13 Mar 2008, 8:15 pm

Nice. Hopefully they will be receptive to your message.

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13 Mar 2008, 8:48 pm

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You gotta give the other fella hell!

(With apologies to Paul and Linda McCartney, amd Wings)

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13 Mar 2008, 8:49 pm

Quatermass wrote:

When you got a job to do,
You gotta do it well,
You gotta give the other fella hell!

(With apologies to Paul and Linda McCartney, amd Wings)

What... the... blazes.... (j/k)

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13 Mar 2008, 9:21 pm

Well said, nice and succenct and gets the point across clearly!!

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13 Mar 2008, 9:21 pm

Roxas_XIII wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

When you got a job to do,
You gotta do it well,
You gotta give the other fella hell!

(With apologies to Paul and Linda McCartney, amd Wings)

What... the... blazes.... (j/k)

It's from the song Live and Let Die. You know? The one at the start of the James Bond film?

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13 Mar 2008, 9:50 pm

Quatermass wrote:

Roxas_XIII wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

When you got a job to do,
You gotta do it well,
You gotta give the other fella hell!

(With apologies to Paul and Linda McCartney, amd Wings)

What... the... blazes.... (j/k)

It's from the song Live and Let Die. You know? The one at the start of the James Bond film?

An oldie!

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13 Mar 2008, 9:54 pm

wsmac wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

Roxas_XIII wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

When you got a job to do,
You gotta do it well,
You gotta give the other fella hell!

(With apologies to Paul and Linda McCartney, amd Wings)

What... the... blazes.... (j/k)

It's from the song Live and Let Die. You know? The one at the start of the James Bond film?

An oldie!

Hey, I'm 24. Turning 25 in little under a month....

But I still feel like I'm 70....

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13 Mar 2008, 10:10 pm

I'm 47 and remember when that song and movie came out.. .heck, I remember when the Beatles were still together

Yet, I 'feel' like I could be 20 again... in mind.. not in body.

Anyway.. back to topic!
Sorry about dragging it away...

I just read your letter Alex and what I hope is that your comments are well received without the defensiveness people can acquire concerning tough issues like this.

I am looking forward to hearing how the whole event goes tomorrow.

I wish you success!

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