Just in case people don't know how horrifying Autism Speaks is, I'm gonna do a little thread:
A woman who held a leadership position in the organisation contemplated killing her autistic child.
A campaign video from AS presents autism as a condition which takes over children's souls and 'works faster than AIDs cancer and diabetes' combined and 'makes sure your marriage fails'.
Autism Speaks associates with the Judge Rotenberg Centre, a school noted for being the only one in the world to use electric aversives on its pupils. Many of pupils are autistic.
https://www.autistichoya.com/2013/11/an-unholy-alliance-autism-speaks-and.html?m=1
News report on JRC available here. Trigger warning.
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