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MichelleRM78
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02 Apr 2010, 2:31 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
I'm being true to myself,this week, and today.:)

I've also posted a funny essay, about why I don't like Autism Speaks.


Where did you post it? I'd love to read....



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02 Apr 2010, 2:44 pm

MichelleRM78 wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I'm being true to myself,this week, and today.:)

I've also posted a funny essay, about why I don't like Autism Speaks.


Where did you post it? I'd love to read....


I've posted in The Writer's Showcase, inThe art, music and writing forum.


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02 Apr 2010, 3:22 pm

I gotta go read it! Thanks Cockney. :sunny:



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02 Apr 2010, 4:39 pm

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Look, autism awareness can be negative, or positive. I'm taking this opportunity to spread postive, realistic awareness that let's other people see just how jacked organizations like Autism Speaks, SafeMinds, Cure Autism Now, ect.. is. That we DON'T feel, and think the way they say we do, and that we don't want a cure. We want respect, and acceptance. We can sit here and complain about Autism Speaks to each other, and agree that we hate them, but it's preaching to the choir.
True. Bashing Autism Speaks isn't going to do anything. I think that the message of acceptance should be spread across as much as possible. If the majority's perspective changes, Autism Speaks will change, too. Easier said than done, of course... but every opportunity should be taken to spread the awareness of autism in a positive light.


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02 Apr 2010, 5:01 pm

I know this is very naive of me to think it could have made a difference but I posted stuff on Facebook about it and the only people who've replied have autistic relatives and therefore probably know about autism anyway :( I don't know how to make people care about this.


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02 Apr 2010, 5:07 pm

Okay. We're 1 in 100. Let's say that for every autistic person, there's at least one friend or family member who cares enough to help out (some obviously have more than one, some have zero; it evens out.) So that makes 1 in 50. In an average lifespan, you have to reach less than one person a year to eventually reach everybody--and that is assuming that nobody you tell directly ever tells anybody else, and nobody ever manages to get across to multiple people at a time, and no non-autistic ever goes to figure it out on their own.

So, small efforts over a long period count, and our grandchildren's generation can be fully accepted. A little bit goes a long way.


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02 Apr 2010, 8:10 pm

In my FB message I wrote about all areas of the spectrum. How the focus is on LFA's to be cured and then about those with AS/HFA. And then I threw in a subliminal message (don't force me to be social).

I don't think I need to create awareness because every few weeks I'll post a link to my latest blog entry. People are used to it.


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03 Apr 2010, 5:40 am

Callista wrote:
Okay. We're 1 in 100. Let's say that for every autistic person, there's at least one friend or family member who cares enough to help out (some obviously have more than one, some have zero; it evens out.) So that makes 1 in 50. In an average lifespan, you have to reach less than one person a year to eventually reach everybody--and that is assuming that nobody you tell directly ever tells anybody else, and nobody ever manages to get across to multiple people at a time, and no non-autistic ever goes to figure it out on their own.

So, small efforts over a long period count, and our grandchildren's generation can be fully accepted. A little bit goes a long way.


I like that theory :)


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14 Apr 2010, 10:21 pm

this is what I did the night before world Autism Day
It is my prediction that it might get criticized
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9XPFh3yU0[/youtube]


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