In 2005 Autism Speaks was founded to find a “cure” for Autism. The organization launched a massive wave of Fear Porn-styled advertising to raise an incredible amount of money in a very short amount of time. fact | Autism is a brain neurotype – not a disease. It can’t be cured. fact | The only … Continue reading Autistics Against Autism Speaks: A Civil Rights Movement | Video
Stem Cells. This is a quack cure that is not talked about as much as it should be. Stem cell therapy and research only valid for the treatments of blood and bone marrow cancer. That is it. But the quack peddlers are pushing it for autism. Yes you read this right. Source: Fierce Autistic Advocate: … Continue reading Fierce Autistic Advocate: Autism Speaks is Promoting Quack Cures
The Snapper’s opinion editor, Nick Hughes, expresses his frustrations with the charity organization, Autism Speaks. His belief is that they are not great. Source: Autism Speaks: The so-called Face of Autism – The Snapper
No, @Autism Speaks: You Don’t Speak for US! This is a message from the autistic community and our allies to Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks, you have tried to silence us, block us, sue us, ignore us, gaslight us, and ridicule us. You have tried to discredit and exclude #ActuallyAutistic people and you continue to pathologize autism and … Continue reading Autism Speaks: You Don’t Speak for US! This is a message from the autistic community and our allies to Autism Speaks. | The Autistic Avenger
Autism Speaks, founded in 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, sometimes seems to have taken over the entire conversation about autism in this country, what with their blue puzzle pieces littered all over the landscape, coming to symbolize, wrongly, autism itself. Yet in spite of their ostensible role as a voice for autism, they’ve got … Continue reading Why Autism Speaks Doesn’t Speak For Me (Circa 2013)
An autistic “Sesame Street” muppet is caught in a conflict between the most prominent autism organization in the United States advocating for early intervention, and autistic adults who see the condition as a difference, not a disease needing to be cured. Source: Autistic Self Advocacy Network breaks with Sesame Street over Autism Speaks ties – The Washington … Continue reading Autistic Self Advocacy Network breaks with Sesame Street over Autism Speaks ties – The Washington Post
I am not fond of the Autism Speaks video, “I am Autism”. I think I’ve made that clear. I was heartened to hear that Autism Speaks had removed it from their website. That moment wa… Source: I am autism video removed from Autism Speaks’ website…or is it? | Left Brain Right Brain
