Before You Donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the Facts
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Horrific Autism Speaks “I am Autism” ad transcript
Disclaimer and warning: In 2009, Autism Speaks published a video titled “I am Autism”, which depicted autistic people as useless burdens destroying their families and society. For informational and archival…
September 23, 2009
ASAN Statement on Autism CARES Act
…with a majority of individuals on the autism spectrum. Regrettably, Autism Speaks and its allies actively lobbied against the inclusion of provisions expanding self-advocate representation in research, re-balancing autism research…
June 10, 2014
ASAN Statement On The Sentencing Of J. McCabe
…http://web.archive.org/web/20130807091731/http://autisticlondon.com/2011/09/this-is-our-life/; Autism Speaks, Autism Every Day, (May 9, 2006), www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0vCz2KWMM0; See Autism speaks documentry ever: Mom Spoke on wanting to murder her kid right in front of the child, YouTube,…
February 25, 2016
Autreat is Coming!
…also led other successful disability community responses to offensive advertisements, including the response to the Autism Speaks “I am Autism” fundraising video. In his policy work, Ari has worked on…
May 8, 2012
Research
…part of. Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee IACC, short for the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, provides feedback on where federal spending on autism research should be spent. When public comments are…
September 1, 2021
Treading the Muddy Waters: The Divided Communities of Autism
By Stephanie Allen Crist; originally published on the blog Embracing Chaos. Marc Sirkin, chief community officer at Autism Speaks, said: We believe that all perspectives are valid and need to…
October 1, 2009
NFB Disability Law Symposium Keynote from ASAN President Ari Ne’eman
…don’t see Deaf President Now at Gallaudet. All they see is the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon or the Autism Speaks fear-mongering television advertisements or Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey promoting…
May 8, 2009
White House Continues to Ignore Self-Advocates
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed to learn that the White House is again participating in Autism Speaks’ “Light It Up Blue” campaign. While self-advocates work to promote autism…
April 2, 2018
July 2012 Newsletter
…Updates Autism Speaks is Sued for Discrimination In early May 2012, Simone Greggs ready to start a job with Autism Speaks asked for a job accommodation. Her Autistic teenager went…
July 22, 2012