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
Search Results for: autism speaks – Page 5
May 16, 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
A true story and a little lesson about functioning level
…“Autism Speaks” there was an appalling video “autism every day” and not the only one, which focused on only one side of the picture of autism, much as one could…
May 10, 2010
A Letter Urging the Reissue of the FDA’s Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices
…& Resources) Arc of Alabama Arizona Center for Disability Law Atlantis ADAPT Autism Society of America Autism Speaks Autistic People of Color Fund (APOC) Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autistic Women…
May 4, 2023
2016 ASAN Gala: Speech by Julia Bascom
…is not an ethical–or scientifically plausible–response to autism. Can you imagine? If you had told me five years ago that Autism Speaks would remove the word ‘cure’ from their mission…
December 12, 2016