Faux Autism Advocates Go Full On Despicable [View all]

[HuckleB]

Last edited Sat May 17, 2014, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2014/05/13/more-embarrassment-from-faux-autism-advocates/

"There are groups, some within the autism communities and some external, who are doing the autism communities harm. Ironically they think they are helping, leading, changing the world. Many of these groups and people adhere to the idea that the rise in autism diagnoses is due to vaccines. Yesterday I wrote about how individuals from these groups have stooped so low as to threaten high school student filmmakers (Faux advocates embarrass the autism communities by attacking high school students and their film project). Today I’m sadly writing about another embarrassing incident: making a statement by photoshopping an important statement by Michelle Obama."

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(The photoshopped sign which can be seen at the link says: "The US has its own "missing children" like the 14,700% increase in autism since 1990 affecting 1,200,000. But the US won't call it an epidemic much less a crisis.&quot

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"Yes, the faux autism advocates decided to try to get some attention for themselves using Ms. Obama’s picture. In case you are wondering, yes I mean attention for themselves. Consider the statement Ms. Obama publicized: “Bring Back Our Girls”. Simple. Direct. Calls for action. Now consider the statement by the faux autism advocates. Long and doesn’t actually call for real action. Read it again if you missed that. All the action they call for is to call autism an epidemic and a crisis. They are calling for someone to accept their views on autism. They didn’t take the opportunity to say, oh, “We need more support”. “We have 1.2M people with great needs”. No. They called for attention for themselves and their agenda. And they did it in a way that reflects very poorly (to be polite) on the autism communities."

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In case it needs to be made more clear, the people who pushed this dehumanizing meme are anti-vaccine, and push plenty of other bizarre conspiracies. On top of this, they repeatedly dismiss the humanity of autistics.