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Martyr Parents: For The Sake Of Your Child, Please Evolve | Eve Reiland
The tragedy narrative of these martyr parents and birthday parties. WTAF? OK, martyrs and parents who wallow in the tragedy narrative to social media and make a spectacle of themselves, I’m going to be as kind as I humanly can with this: Grow Up and Evolve. Parenting any child is not for the faint of…
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Archived | e-Speaks: New Jersey Insurance Reform; Autism Tissue Program Adds Partner; Young Professionals Event | Circa August 20, 2009
Autism Speaks e-Speaks contactus@autismspeaks.org via sm1.kintera.com Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 11:02 PM to Genevieve e-Speaks || August 21, 2009 New Jersey Becomes the 15th State to Enact Autism Insurance Reform Autism Speaks joined the New Jersey autism community last week in applauding the State Legislature and Governor Jon Corzine for ending autism insurance discrimination by signing S.1651 into law. The new law requires insurers to provide coverage for…
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‘I Am Autism’ Advocacy Video Sparks Controversy – TIME | Circa November 6, 2009
By Claudia Wallis Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 Few medical conditions rival autism as a magnet for controversy. Practically everything about the disorder — its cause, its treatment, the way it is diagnosed, how it is studied — is subject to bitter dispute, sometimes to the point of death threats. The most impassioned disagreements are propelled by desperate…
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Autism Speaks: Billy Mann’s Facebook Apology to the Autistic Community | The #SorryNotSorry Heard Around The World #NotAnAutisticAlly
Note: Billy Man removed this post last night while I was reading it on Facebook livestream. Here is the text and some screens. I wish I had comments caught already before he removed his post. The comments from the Autistic Activists and Allies were incredible and the real reason for the post removal. Autistics were…
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Say it loud, autistic and proud | Circa Nov 12, 2005
For many, it’s a condition which evokes pity and even fear. But a campaigning group of activists is determined to change the way we view autism by dealing not with its many downsides, but by focusing on its positives. By Jerome Burne Published on Sat 12 Nov 2005 19.21 EST The stark black-and-white photograph…
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Archived | Statement on Autism Speaks from Katie Wright | June 15, 2007 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Several weeks ago I did an interview with David Kirby, which was subsequently made available to F.A.I.R. Autism Media. During this interview, I made a few comments which upset some members of NAAR as well as some parents of older autistic children. It was never my intent to upset parents. I am terribly sorry if…
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Archived | Philanthropist funds fight against autism | Circa November 2009 #NotAnAutisticAlly #AutisticHistory
From left, Bob and Suzanne Wright with Tom Colicchio at the Autism Speaks to Wall Street: Second Annual Celebrity Chef Gala at Cipriani in New York on Oct. 1, 2008. The event raised more than $848,000 for the autism foundation. Philanthropist wages fight to cure autism Nov. 12, 2009, 10:32 AM PST / Source: NBC News By Giacinta Pace…
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