Autism Speaks sues autistic child



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someone who may or may not be The Anonymous Instigator 0 2008-01-21 18:12:02 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
I tried to submit this as a story, but bN says "malformed URL." Then I tried to put the URL in the question field, but bN says "Ridiculously long string detected in Question."

So upvote this thread and I'll post the URL in the first post or two.
agburanar 2333 2008-01-21 18:14:15 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
I'm assuming you're talking about this case?

So, advocacy groups care about their personal asses more than the class of people they are supposed to be protecting? And we're surprised?
soledsoled 2850 2008-01-21 18:16:07 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
Throw her a calculator and move on.
polydactylkatze 641 2008-01-21 18:23:51 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
Catherine Halsey approves.
eastheimer 2809 2008-01-21 18:26:45 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
agburanar: I'm assuming you're talking about this case?

Yep.

Subby here. Click http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=11704, which is NOT a malformed URL.


in for a penny... 36 2008-01-21 18:28:49 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
NTSPEAKS cleared (new thread)
ludditemike 119 2008-01-21 18:41:25 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
My failure to care is a palpable thing.
yosofine 1300 2008-01-21 21:05:38 vote cool flag inappropriate score 0
Gist of the story: Autistic child creates spoof website saying autistic children are not necessarily mute, but can sometimes speak for themselves. Autism Speaks is suing this child for thousands of dollars for copyright infringement.

Autism Speaks has a website with the motto saying "Autism Speaks. It's time to listen." They aren't listening to the voice of the autistic child who has a little independence from them and a website to show it.

If you google the AS website, and scroll down the google page, you find they are involved mainly as a fundraising entity and they have produced a misleading film depicting families of autistic children as mentally depressed and contemplating murder.

http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/autism-speaks-dont-speak-for-me/index.php

Just saying: You all are adults, make up your own minds about this mess.
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