leejosepho wrote:
Jono wrote:
Even Gareth and Amy Nelson from Aspies for Freedom seem to think that Alex is a sell out to Autism Speaks for accepting money from them.
That is just plain silly!
I'm all for supporting Alex on this one. However, I would prefer it if the neurodiverse community didn't fragment over this issue. Alex still has support support from a lot of Wrongplanet members but because a lot of people in the neurodiverse still don't trust Autism Speaks, this issue seems to be alienating sections of the neurodiverse community outside the Wrongplanet membership.
To be fair, Autism Speaks may be making a move towards us but they are still pretty much using their disease laden language as always. For example, calling autism a "growing global health crisis" is not only damaging but it's not even accurate because there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the incidence autism has actually increased.
09 Nov 2010, 2:46 pm
