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LoveIsNow

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1. Great article.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 03:40 PM

Oct 2015

What more is there to say?

Autism Speaks takes a paternalistic viewpoint of autism.

I blame them for the fact that 98% of autism services are for children (and for the overall perception of autism as a child's disease), leaving those of us with ASD's who managed to survive our 21st birthday pretty much high and dry.

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Fix the charity that wants to �fix� autism [View all] KamaAina Oct 2015 OP

Great article. LoveIsNow Oct 2015 #1

Thank you. As a cum laude Yale graduate, I hardly need a bloated nonprofit to speak for me. KamaAina Oct 2015 #2

I am dx'd on the spectrum hifiguy Oct 2015 #3

Well, on that we'll have to disagree. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #7

LOL hifiguy Oct 2015 #8

Windows need to be fixed. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #4

In my case, some of our resident Hillary supporters might disagree. KamaAina Oct 2015 #5

Ah, to hell with what anyone else says. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #6

I think Autism Speaks probably does need to reflect and adjust their message. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #9

Indeed. There have been Deaf speakers at Autistic events since the very beginning. KamaAina Oct 2015 #10