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Remember, do not donate to Autism Speaks. They've got a long history of problems, including normalizing the murder of children, presenting autism as a 'disease' on par with HIV and diabetes that seeks out your children and destroys families, and they've got ties to eugenics
research and lobbying. Oh, they also historically refuse to listen to autistic people being run by non-autistic people.
I've actually been working on something going over all this but due to personal stuff I haven't had the chance to do so. Just today is their main fundraiser
I've actually been working on something going over all this but due to personal stuff I haven't had the chance to do so. Just today is their main fundraiser
day. Donate instead to autism self advocacy groups like the Autism Self Advocacy Network.
I didn't expect this to blow up so much. I've just been really defeated about the fact that I wasn't able to complete my video on time due to personal loss relating to the current crisis. I also realize I should have sourced where I got the graphic.
https://www.facebook.com/IntheLoopAboutNeurodiversity/posts/1296528610735853
https://www.facebook.com/IntheLoopAboutNeurodiversity/posts/1296528610735853
On Facebook I of course just used the share feature but couldn't do that here so I just rather tiredly grabbed the image and posted. I was really just meant as a last minute something to warn my regular viewers. The above link supplies more detailed information.
