Autism Speaks has released a video...

[Arak]

I'm not sure if you've heard about the latest video that Autism Speaks
has released, but I am posting the link here for your viewing pleasure
(or displeasure as I personally found): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdcDlQVYtM

To say that it has sparked some ire is a bit of an understatement...

http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2009/09/i-am-autism-awareness-video-by-alfonso-cuar%C3%B3n-ransom-reprise.html

What are your thoughts?

Arak /|\

[Aquarian Monkey]

On Sep 24, 3:39 am, Arak <arak.thayl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if you've heard about the latest video that Autism Speaks
> has released, but I am posting the link here for your viewing pleasure
> (or displeasure as I personally found):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdcDlQVYtM
>
> To say that it has sparked some ire is a bit of an understatement...
>

> http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2009/09/i-am-autism-awar...

>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Arak /|\

That video left me sitting somewhere between despair and rage. WTF and
WTH? *Why* would anyone think this is OK? How are my kids ever going
to be accepted when this is the image people are exposed to.

I did find it very telling, though to hear what "autism" had to say in
a video endorsed by "Autism Speaks." It certainly isn't what autism
says in my house.

Filth. Disgusting.

My friend wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia (is that
what you guys call your head of state?) over this. Great letter.

[Arak]

On Sep 26, 6:09 pm, Aquarian Monkey <aquarianmon...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> That video left me sitting somewhere between despair and rage. WTF and
> WTH? *Why* would anyone think this is OK? How are my kids ever going
> to be accepted when this is the image people are exposed to.
>
> I did find it very telling, though to hear what "autism" had to say in
> a video endorsed by "Autism Speaks." It certainly  isn't what autism
> says in my house.
>
> Filth. Disgusting.

That was my question too: how are autistic children and adults ever
going to be accepted when this is the type of hate propaganda that
keeps getting put out there in the media, etc.?

Autism is not a picnic, it's not fun and I won't sugar coat that. I
get it.

Does "autism awareness and advocacy" have to be so hateful, though?

I like your words "Filth" and "Disgusting" because they fit my
sentiments on this video. :^)

Arak /|\

[HGJ]

On 27 Sep, 02:09, Aquarian Monkey <aquarianmon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My friend wrote  a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia (is that
> what you guys call your head of state?) over this.

No, they call her Queen (Elizabeth II). A minister is never head of
state, as far as I'm aware.

[The Autist formerly known as]

Would she not be Elizabeth I of Australia, just as James VI of Scotland was
James the I of England ?

--
�T

L'autisme c'est moi

"Space folds, and folded space bends, and bent folded space contracts and
expands unevenly in every way unconcievable except to someone who does not
believe in the laws of mathematics"

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[HGJ]

On 6 Okt, 17:05, "The Autist formerly known as" <0...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

> Would she not be Elizabeth I of Australia, just as James VI of Scotland was
> James the I of England ?

Perhaps she should, but apparently she is not:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia

> "HGJ" <svchg...@yahoo.se> wrote in message

[toto]

This is the worst video about autism that I have seen although their
first one was pretty bad as well. Scare tactics designed to get
people to donate when they don't use the money for anything that
really helps autistic people.

--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..

The Outer Limits

[The Autist formerly known as]

Utterly bizarre, by that logic Edward the Confessor would have been King of
Australia even before anyone on this side of the world knew it existed!

--
�T

L'autisme c'est moi

"Space folds, and folded space bends, and bent folded space contracts and
expands unevenly in every way unconcievable except to someone who does not
believe in the laws of mathematics"

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[earthpots]

Top posted:

I'm a bit late on 8-ball here (life got in the way), but this is seriously,
profoundly, disturbing! Remove the word "autism" and replace it with any
other disability, and people would be incensed (as they _should_ be). But
this is Autism Speaks, the darling of the entertainment elite; with Jenny
McCarthy, Oprah, Dr Phil and all the other so-called gurus that people turn
to for their enlightenment. Brainwashing at it's finest! You know if Oprah
and Dr Plil say so, it must be true! Why they support J McC and the Autism
Speaks ilk is beyond me. Meanwhile, the autistic adults continue to be
silenced when they object to these hateful campaigns.

--
Carol
Contessa of Consternation
Known to leave foes discombobulated

Autistic Spectrum Code v.1.0
AS? d- s--:+ a+ c+ p+ t-- f S+ p@- e+ h- r- n+(-) i+ P m-() M
http://www32.brinkster.com/ascdecode/

"I have run rings around you logically". Monty Python

Email at clay_p...@nospam.com, removing the 'nospam' and replacing
with 'msn'.

[HGJ]

On 20 Okt, 16:47, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote:
> "As per
> our Community Guidelines, we don't permit hate speech (speech which
> attacks or demeans a protected group based on race or ethnic origin,
> religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status and sexual
> orientation/gender identity). Please indicate the group attacked."

Veteran status? That's a new one to me.

[Sarah Vaughan]

The Autist formerly known as wrote:
> Would she not be Elizabeth I of Australia, just as James VI of Scotland was
> James the I of England ?

Whatever she'd be of Australia, it wouldn't be Elizabeth I. Monarchs
who are the first monarch of that country to hold the name only get the
numeral in retrospect once a second of that name comes along. IOW,
Elizabeth I (the English Elizabeth I) was just Elizabeth until Elizabeth
II came to the throne (which involved the retitling of at least one
history book that I know of).

However, it's a fair point; yes, I think she should be 'Elizabeth' of
Australia. Interestingly, the same should be true of Scotland; I've
wondered before whether it is or not.

All the best,

Sarah
--
http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com

But how do we *know* that nobody ever said on their deathbed that they
wished they'd spent more time at the office?

[HGJ]

On 14 Nov, 04:02, Sarah Vaughan <nanny...@samael.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The Autist formerly known as wrote:
>
> > Would she not be Elizabeth I of Australia, just as James VI of Scotland was
> > James the I of England ?
>
> Whatever she'd be of Australia, it wouldn't be Elizabeth I.  Monarchs
> who are the first monarch of that country to hold the name only get the
> numeral in retrospect once a second of that name comes along.  IOW,
> Elizabeth I (the English Elizabeth I) was just Elizabeth until Elizabeth
> II came to the throne (which involved the retitling of at least one
> history book that I know of).

Well, Frederick I has a numeral although there hasn't any other
Frederick:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden

On the other hand, Sigismund is known as just Sigismund in Sweden but
as Sigismund III Vasa in Poland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa