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ImeldaJace wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
I also refuse to light it up blue and I hag Christmas lights instead
I find it sort of ironic that blue lights agrivate my sensory issues.
That's interesting, not for me but I can definably see why it might. For me it sometimes taste like those blue raspberry rung pops :/
Huh now I'm craving one and a red one. Do they even make those anymore??
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What I find ironic is that April is also child abuse awareness month! Why? Because the child abuse awareness ribbon is BLUE!! !! !
I feel like that makes lighting it up blue for autism as wrong and in my mind supports the autism is caused by child abuse theory
07 Jun 2014, 12:12 pm
ImeldaJace wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
I also refuse to light it up blue and I hag Christmas lights instead
I find it sort of ironic that blue lights agrivate my sensory issues.
I hate blue light too
07 Jun 2014, 1:17 pm
ASdogGeek wrote:
ImeldaJace wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
I also refuse to light it up blue and I hag Christmas lights instead
I find it sort of ironic that blue lights agrivate my sensory issues.
That's interesting, not for me but I can definably see why it might. For me it sometimes taste like those blue raspberry rung pops :/
Huh now I'm craving one and a red one. Do they even make those anymore??
Back to topic
What I find ironic is that April is also child abuse awareness month! Why? Because the child abuse awareness ribbon is BLUE!! !! !
I feel like that makes lighting it up blue for autism as wrong and in my mind supports the autism is caused by child abuse theory
I just looked up the reason for using blue. Although it thankfully appears to have no connection to child abuse awareness, although the fact that they share the same month and color is pretty awful. But the real reason is still pretty offensive.
Here is the link and the relevant quote.
Autism Speaks Blog- Shine a Light on Autism with Rosco Color Filters! wrote:
The first question we wanted to ask was - why blue? What does the color blue have to do with the autism spectrum? The answer is that Autism Spectrum Disorders are almost 5 times more common among boys (1 in 54) than among girls (1 in 252). So, the color blue represents the boys diagnosed with autism.
p.s. They still make ring pops and now I want one too
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07 Jun 2014, 3:16 pm
ImeldaJace wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
ImeldaJace wrote:
ASdogGeek wrote:
I also refuse to light it up blue and I hag Christmas lights instead
I find it sort of ironic that blue lights agrivate my sensory issues.
That's interesting, not for me but I can definably see why it might. For me it sometimes taste like those blue raspberry rung pops :/
Huh now I'm craving one and a red one. Do they even make those anymore??
Back to topic
What I find ironic is that April is also child abuse awareness month! Why? Because the child abuse awareness ribbon is BLUE!! !! !
I feel like that makes lighting it up blue for autism as wrong and in my mind supports the autism is caused by child abuse theory
I just looked up the reason for using blue. Although it thankfully appears to have no connection to child abuse awareness, although the fact that they share the same month and color is pretty awful. But the real reason is still pretty offensive.
Here is the link and the relevant quote.
Autism Speaks Blog- Shine a Light on Autism with Rosco Color Filters! wrote:
The first question we wanted to ask was - why blue? What does the color blue have to do with the autism spectrum? The answer is that Autism Spectrum Disorders are almost 5 times more common among boys (1 in 54) than among girls (1 in 252). So, the color blue represents the boys diagnosed with autism.
p.s. They still make ring pops and now I want one too
that is ridiculously ignorant,theyre helping to keep the ancient myth going about females and autism.
its abit like the way breast cancer awareness is represented by pink when some men get breast cancer to except autism is much closer to equal than breast cancer is in terms of gender.
am not a fan of that light it up blue campaign at all as its just a smokescreen for autism speaks to get more awareness for themselves and their bank balance; not for autism.
as for the original topic,am a autism and intelectual disability activist who works in the community to spread awareness of both disabilities, am always working with the social services intelectual disability team but recently worked both for them and mencap to help train trafford general hospital in ID and autistic needs.
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