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Autistic people & those who care about Autistic people - sharing information about how Autism Speaks works against the Autistic Community. #BoycottAutismSpeaks

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How Autism Awareness Goes Wrong - The Establishment

When awareness efforts don't include autistic people, they make things worse.

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Image: Hand written lyrics from a Black Flag song on a piece of lined paper:

Text: "I don't want to see their plan succeed There won't be room for people like me My life is their disease " - Black Flag

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Honoring Kassiane of Radical Neurodivergence Speaking #PACLAOWies

Parenting Autistic Children With Love & Acceptance is excited to reveal the second OWie Award in April! Awarded to Autistic Activists who are changing the conversations and shifting the Overt…

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Singing Songs for Autism!!!

I sang some songs for autism this Autism Awareness Month. I edited the lyrics of both. The transcript is below, followed by links to both original songs. TRA...

So much AWARENESS! A song for all Autism Helpers™ and Autism Parents™

***possibly NSFW due to swears

***Video is not flashy. There is some quick movement, in the form of a giraffe falling off of shoulder, and snapping.

Video description: Light-skinned woman with red hair, a multicolored flower crown, purple glasses and blue-gray lipstick wearing a white strapless dress (and a freshly done giraffe and cat tattoo) sings two songs, Sweet as Whole and Asshole, with some changes made. Woman-lady does not make nearly enough facial expressions despite trying very hard to do so. There is a pretense of "I am going to sing nice songs" which is revealed to be a lie. Also, woman-lady has a giraffe on her shoulder

Transcript in description.

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Parenting Autistic Children With Love & Acceptance is excited to reveal the first OWie Award in April! Awarded to Autistic Activists who are changing the conversations and shifting the Overto…

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Son of Baldwin @SonofBaldwin

"We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist."

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Your Autism Awareness Has Failed - Autism Women's Network

It is almost April and it is the time of the year when Autistics have to remind the rest of the world that we are human beings, that we have human feelings. We need to do that because, more than in any other month, April is when we are talked about, bashed, blamed and demonized, …

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Signal boost: Skylanders is partnering with Autism $peaks this year.

They are making special “Power Blue” Supercharger figures for “light it up blue.” These are already being sold in the US and Europe and will be sold in Canada starting next month.

Skylanders is planning to donate a large amount of money to Autism $peaks, not just from these special figures but potentially from all Skylanders sales.

Please participate in boycotting Skylanders and this harmful organization. If you are able to, consider contacting Skylanders and asking them to end their support of A$. Their website is here, and their Facebook page is here. A few people have spoken up already, but the more negative comments they receive, the better the chance they will reconsider.

More information on the Boycott Autism Speaks movement here.

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About The Autism Society of America on #DDoM2016

By Amy Sequenzia TW: Graphic description of Filicide About the Autism Society of America First, I want to say that this post refers to the National Organization. I don’t know all the chapters…

Preview Image: White text over a vaguely textured green background reads: “ASA calls themselves allies of the Autistic community. Why are they inviting people who don’t value us so they can have an audience to propagate such a hateful message?

-Amy Sequenzia

About The Autism Society of America on #DDoM2016

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#BoycottASArtsFest

Starting January 27th, we will be posting your submissions to the Boycott Autism Speaks Arts Fest! Be creative and show the world why you #BoycottAutismSpeaks! We ask that videos include tra...

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TheMighty.com: The Mighty: Apologize For The Harm You Do to the Disability Community!

The Mighty Portrays itself as a resource to help "people facing disease & disability". However, they have repeatedly published essays and articles that promote stigma and the narrative of tragedy surrounding disabled lives. They have continually centered the experience of parents with little regard to the privacy and dignity of disabled children or adults. Recent articles included a "Meltdown Bingo" that mocked and belittled Autistic children experiencing a meltdown. A meltdown is a terrifying experience for the Autistic person, and it is one that is often accompanied by guilt and shame. This article was published with no thought to the humanity or dignity of Autistic people. It was played for laughs and toxic "parent support". If your "support" comes at the expense of the dignity and humanity of your children, it is the opposite of helpful for EVERYONE. While this article was removed, there was no apology to those who were harmed.... continue reading, sign and share the petition https://www.change.org/p/themighty-com-the-mighty-apologize-for-the-harm-you-do-to-the-disability-community?recruiter=1241910&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink

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Image: Blue/green image with BAS logo on the lower/center left. Text reads: "What support do Autistic people want? What do we need from organizations that say they are working for us? Join us on Twitter this Wednesday December 16 with your #AutisticWishlist Autistic people are speaking about what we need, who's going to listen? #Autisticwishlist #BoycottAutismSpeaks [email protected] facebook.com/boycottautismspeaksnow twitter.com/boycott_as With it being the holiday season, we want to let advocacy groups/organizations know what Autistic individuals want to see from them in a special Autistic Wishlist. What would the ideal organization provide? What would their mission statement include? What do YOU want to see from organizations advocating for us?This Wednesday, December 16, join us and tweet - using the hashtag‪#‎AutisticWishlist‬ - to tell organizations what we want most from them and how best to advocate for us.BAS on Twitter: @Boycott_AS

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BAS Statement on Autism Speaks Board Appointments

Recently, Autism Speaks announced the appointment of three new individuals to their Board of Directors.  Two of these individuals, Valerie Paradiz and Stephen Shore, are Autistic adults.  While bringing Autistic people onto the board is a step in the right direction the politics of the organization remain unchanged and therefore our opposition to it will not waver. Until they stop researching cure, and spreading fear and hatred of Autistic people they are still everything that we stand [email protected]

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Hey I would like to know what to you think about the new autistic character in the Sesame Street ? I'm not sure what to think about it because I don't if autism speaks is involved and I they totally ignoring autistic adults. Also I can't find any sources of an autistic person being involved in the character development.

Nothing I have read about Sesame Street’s new autism initiative has mentioned Autism Speaks, so up until now I’ve thought of it as quite positive.However, on looking it up now, I noticed that some articles did mention a partnership with Autism Speaks, but that on their website I couldn’t find Autism Speaks in their list of partners. Does anyone know whether they’ve cancelled their partnership?EDIT TO ADD RESPONSES:audiovisuallyexcited replied: From what I’ve heard they’re now partnered with both ASAN and Autism Speaks which seems a bit inconsistent but I guess it’s a step forward? :Swierdrocks: They’re partnered with asan now and have cut ties with a$ per many people’s requests

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Sesame Street is partnered with both Autism Speaks and ASAN. Despite the pressure from BoycottAutismSpeaks we could not get them to completely drop AS as a partner. 

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Sesame Street: *adds autistic character*

Me: Oh boy, this could be ba-

Sesame Street: *character is a girl*

Me: Wait w-

Sesame Street: *works with ASAN instead of Autism Speaks

Me: I can't beli-

Sesame Street: *Makes videos highlighting autistic children, including nonverbal children and people of color*

Me: This is

Sesame Street: *has a whole website dedicated to reaching out to autistic children and their families*

Me: I'm not crying you're crying

This information is incorrect. Sesame Street worked with Autism Speaks and ASAN... and it's still pretty awful stuff

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Statement on Sesame Workshop's New Autism Initiative

Boycott Autism Speaks are very concerned with the "See Amazing in All Children" autism awareness materials and information recently released from Sesame Workshop. Though we acknowledge that Sesame Workshop did make some effort after pressure from BAS and the Autistic community to include Autistic people in their development, the materials do not reflect the values and mission of Boycott Autism Speaks. We must move away from the narrative that states that autism is something that we do to our families, friends and loved ones. These materials portray Autistic children as props and accessories to the stories of their parents, siblings and friends. From the alarmist “1 in 68” graphics to the focus on parental hardships that are blamed on autism, these materials will only serve to further stigmatize Autistic people. Boycott Autism Speaks recognizes that to truly empower Autistic people, we must be the ones telling our own stories. We strongly encourage Sesame Workshop to give priority to Autistic voices in the development of any further materials in order to reflect the concepts of unconditional acceptance, authentic inclusion and the value of neurodiversity. It is absolutely essential that Autistic voices lead this conversation. As many in the Autistic community have noted already, when you mix messages of acceptance with messages of ableism, the messages of acceptance no longer function. Sesame Workshop, we deserve better and you can do better. Please check out these links for more of the discussion about Autistic representation and Sesame Workshop: http://eisforerin.com/2015/10/23/not-in-love-with-julia/ https://thecaffeinatedautistic.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/you-can-do-better/

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Boycott Autism Speaks Twitter Action Alert:

Twitter Bomb this Thursday September 3

Autism Speaks says they want "Unity" but at the cost of the dignity & humanity of autistic people.

Autistic people, our families & friends will show ‪#‎AutismUnity‬ against the fear, stigma and toxic advocacy of Autism Speaks

#AutismUnity for our civil rights & for our voices to be heard!

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