Zach Vorhies leaked documents to the right-wing group Project Veritas, then became a committed anti-vaxxer and promoter of QAnon. In an April video, he laid out his plan to promote ‘Plandemic.’ Source: An Ex-Google Employee Turned ‘Whistleblower’ and QAnon Fan Made ‘Plandemic’ Go Viral – VICE
“ I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was this Lousy Anxiety Disorder Sarah Kurchak Douglas & McIntyre For all the groups that define themselves as advocates for the autistic community, there’s one voice that’s noticeably quiet: the one of autistics themselves. +++++++++ Full disclosure: Sarah Kurchak is a good friend. We […]
Autism Speaks has no business getting into an online protest about Autistics being mocked, stigmatized and bullied. All they’re going to do is make it worse and then claim some ‘advocacy’ victory to try and look like the ‘good guy’. This horrible, brutal mockery of Autistics online and in person … this is the culture […]
The Washington Post‘s depiction of autism has shifted over the years from a focus on “cause and cure” toward one of acceptance and accommodation, say the authors of a study that examined 315 articles published from 2007 to 2017. The findings, which appear in the current online edition of Disability and Society, suggest that media representations […]
Joan Donovan, Claire Wardle and Kate Starbird have been preparing for this moment for a decade. For a handful of disinformation researchers, the information crisis that has unfolded around the coronavirus pandemic seemed inevitable. Joan Donovan, Claire Wardle and Kate Starbird have been preparing for this moment for a decade, capturing the data of […]
Autism Speaks is rebranding.The organization celebrates its 15th birthday this year and its wish, apparently, is for a “kinder, more inclusive world.” To that end, Autism Speaks is changing its well-known blue puzzle piece logo to include a range of colors reminiscent of a sunset across the bottom of the logo.Meanwhile, many actually autistic people, […]
