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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: The hateful voices on Twitter are not representative of what I experience on the ground | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism #BanABA
Billy Mann: Agree! More surprising is how many autistic individuals are writing to me in my DMs and asking me not to allow any self advocates who claim to speak for everyone to speak for them. Not to mention how many autism moms and dads who also have my back! Judith U: I engage with…
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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: How can you call for “common ground” between people want to eliminate autistic people and people who advocate for autistic rights? | September 2019 #AutisticHistory
Billy Mann: I’m committed to common ground but I’m one parent trying. Just as there are self-advocates who say parents have no right to speak on behalf of children, there are “extremist” parents who feel self-advocates have no right to speak for them. Common ground req ppl you disagree with. INeurodiversity: How can you call…
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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: You still don’t understand the very basics of autism, and what autistic traits are … | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #StopBigAutism
Jenni Sutinen: You still don’t understand where you are at fault with your reasoning. Your whole premise is based on the fact that you, as parents, were arrogant enough to expect a “perfect child” and had already envisioned a future for him. You saw your child as someone who would exist to live up to…
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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: But you still see us as a bad thing. … | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Rebekah Carter: But you still see us as a bad thing. Many of us are highly intelligent & gifted. Including many non-speaking who advocate via AAC, etc. and tired of being seen as incompetent. Some have co-curring conditions you are confusing w/autism. And we aren’t some small percentage of the “snowflake disorder” but a very…
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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: Autism … It’s the magic juice that runs my engine, not just my meltdowns. | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Evaleen Whelton: I can’t believe I’ll never get the time it took to read that utter rubbish back. To save others time I’ll summarize: I’m sorry I hurt ye before but here’s some more words and long sentences which will only do the same. Ugh. Arrogant. Frances George: I read this all the way through…
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Autism Speaks | BILLY MANN: The words you wrote continue to harm and stigmatize our community | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #HaltBigAutism #BanABA
Cassie Crosman: If you really want to learn from the autistic community, (not “autism community”), then you wouldn’t wear the blue puzzle piece with pride because the puzzle piece symbol has an ableist history and is used to depict autistic people as broken, missing, and in need of a “cure.” You should also know that…
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Yeah, @AutismSpeaks, you want us to suck up your lie? Really, Millions of Autistics support you? That’s … creative. | Eve Reiland
Looks like Autism Speaks forgot about the wee Autistic Civil Rights movement against them. … now they say we Autistics support them. … and in the millions. Yeah … no. So perhaps some meme and image history as a visual reminder that what they say is not true needs to be re-shared on social media.…
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