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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: You don’t want to debate on “cure” on this? Then please retract that comment. | September 2019 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #StopBigAutism
Susan Elizabeth Spann: I’m a moderate-severe autistic. I just skimmed your “apology.” And I am more ticked because you hinted that those with comorbid conditions might want a cure for “autism”? Um, no. Would I like a cure for my comorbids? Absolutely. But never for my autism. My autism makes me who I am. Like…
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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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Why Autism Speaks Doesn’t Speak For Me (Circa 2013)
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…
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