research linking Applied Behavioral Analysis to PTSD in autistic adults, urging the FDA to #StoptheShock and ban electric shock torture in the United States, Soldiers of Odin registered for one of their Autism Walks. The college women’s fraternity, Alpha Xi Delta, also contributes over $1 million per year to Autism Speaks. Among Autism Speaks’ largest donors is one women’s fraternity at Knox College, in Galesburg, Illinois called, Alpha Xi Delta that has partnered with Autism Speaks in 2009 and raises over $1,000,000 a year for Autism Speaks, contributing over $10 million total and nearly $2 million last year alone. While it has the usual sensational elements a promotional video of a charity of similar size and scope would have, it quite subtly takes a sinister turn. Of the $69 million that Autism Speaks made in 2008, over $600,000 was paid towards a single executive, Geri Dawson, who received $669,751 in 2008 including nearly nearly $300,000 to move her family from Washington to North Carolina. Ableism is a type of discrimination or social prejudice towards disabled people. Autism Speaks is going to lose a ton of donations because I’m opening my big autistic mouth about them. More companies, such as Sesame Street, Kellogg’s, and Lids Hats partnered with Autism Speaks this year alone. Autism Speaks continues to raise funds from its Autism Walks, which it started from 2006. And you’re scared. ABA is a strict compliance therapy that encourages social masking while discouraging stimming and echolalia that uses abusive techniques such as planned ignoring to ignore autistic children’s communication, and uses rewards and punishments as incentives to achieve desired behaviors and stop undesired behaviors. Autism Speaks has had very little autistic people involved in its organization throughout its history. AutismCares was a project that Autism Speaks asked people to donate to for families with an autistic child who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina. After outcry from the autistic community, whether it was purely a business decision or whether they really did want to respect autistic people, they listened and we are thankful they did so. They speak over autistic people and take our space and spread ableist rhetoric about the need for a cure or treatment for autism. Autism Speaks has huge corporate sponsors who donate anywhere from $100,000 to over $1 million dollars to Autism Speaks per year. Actions that would take a lot more work for Autism Speaks to become an autism and neurodiversity positive group would be to transform its leadership and include many autistic people. One myth that it spreads is that autism is “on the rise,” or that the prevalence of autism is increasing. "Those ideas are insane!" In 2012, only 3% of Autism Speaks’ budget went to family services, while 36% went to salaries, benefits, and payroll taxes. Additionally, over 60 national and regional disability organizations – including the Arc of the United States, TASH, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and the National Council on Independent Living – signed a joint letter urging donors to rescind their support for the organization. Autism Speaks preaches to aid autistic people, yet refuses to hire us. Some celebrities do not know the ableist history of Autism Speaks and continue to support them. I speak your language fluently, and with every voice I take away, I acquire yet another language. In around 2013-14, an autistic advocate, when first diagnosed with autism, was referred to Autism Speaks by the neurologist who diagnosed her. Some people with autism cannot speak … It also funds the Autism Tissue Program, which is funded by the National Alliance for Autism Research and manages and distributes brain tissues donated for autism research. Thank you for a well written article. I will fight to take away your hope. Autism Speaks offers a “100 Day Kit” (for a price after six months of diagnosis) as a resource for families of a child recently diagnosed with autism. In July 2019, Autism Speaks made a poll asking, “Do you prefer person-first language or identity first language? "Autism Speaks's idea of representing Autistic people is absolutely crazy." I will make it virtually impossible for your family to easily attend a temple, a birthday party, a public park without a struggle, without embarrassment, without pain. Ableist Language Ableism can be understood as use of language that may be disparaging to people with disabilities, even if used to refer to something unrelated. Many times is a sign.” This Autism Speaks ad in the magazine is right next to an article of the value of hiring autistic people, and ads like this serve to further stigmatize autistic people and make it harder for us to be employed. language preference is important in the autistic community. On November 11, 2013, Suzanne Wright released a call to action to the United States government titled, “Autism Speaks to Washington – A Call for Action,” asking America to “wake up to the autism crisis,” and “demand a national response” to autism. - The Delta Statement, Is Autism Speaks Capable of Change? It’s an alarming example of a video promoting the prevention of an entire group of people from existing while using imagery of people smiling and children cheerily singing. One of Autism Speaks’ first fundraising events was in 2005 for Hurricane Katrina called “AutismCares” (not to be confused with Autism Speaks’ involvement in the Autism CARES Act, which I will discuss later). When she came up to the Autism Speaks booth, they asked her personal questions such as how many children she had, and then told her that she should stop having children: “YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE BRED! He is also the brother of Christian, who was the one that inspired the Wrights to found Autism Speaks after he was diagnosed as autistic (technically labelled under PDD-NOS, as stated by Bob Wright). signed a joint letter urging donors to rescind their support for the organization. A few corrections: It’s “Asperger’s Syndrome.” Either way, it’s not important, since there’s no longer a diagnostic difference between Asperger’s and the broader classification of ASD. Maybe your local grocery store is raising money for Autism Speaks as a “good cause.” Maybe you have heard one of their many PSAs about autism, urging early screenings and talking about the “increasing prevalence of autism.” Or maybe you have heard a celebrity talking about contributing to Autism Speaks. (6) Autism Speaks promotes animosity against Autistic (disabled) people. As long as such an attitude toward developmental disabilities is normalized, then the futures of the autistic population in the next century will hang in the balance. In response to the “Light it Up Blue” campaign, and because World Autism Awareness Day was made with no input from autistic people, autistic people have repurposed “Autism Awareness Day/Month” to, “Autism Acceptance Month,” and use April as a month to celebrate the autistic community. Austism is a cluster of developmental handicaps (for lack of a better word). Autism Speaks enhances lives today and is accelerating a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow.”. Many companies believe supporting Autism Speaks is good for business despite its controversy, and ignore the autistic community. Autism Speaks knew this, and attempted to use these poll results to falsely claim that the autistic community preferred person first language. And if companies do formulate such a system, the unproductivity that Bob Wright fears will be remedied, and autistic people would be paid, so everyone would benefit in some way in the end. A 2019 issue of Diversibility Magazine has a PSA by Autism Speaks pathologizing lack of eye contact to promote early screenings of autism. Your neighbors are happier to pretend that I don’t exist, of course, until it’s their child. Another myth that it spreads is that autism is “four times more common in boys than girls.” Boys are not four times more likely to become autistic, nor do they have an “extreme male brain” that makes them more susceptible to autism, but boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis for autism than autistic girls, women, and nonbinary people who do not present autism the same way as boys, and are more likely to stim and play differently as well as hide or camouflage their autistic behaviors. A proposed amendment to the Autism CARES Act in 2014 introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) would have included provisions expanding self-advocate representation in autism research, re-balanced autism research to support investments in transitional services and issues that affect autistic adults, but it did not receive a vote in Congress and was withdrawn after its introduction, as Autism Speaks and its allies lobbied against these provisions in favor of funding for cure and treatment research. We do not need any more people with autism. The word, “solutions,” is the likely substitute for “cures.” And the fact that they still disrespect the language preference of the autistic community by saying, “people with autism spectrum disorder,” rather than, “autistic people,” is just one example of how they do not promote autism acceptance or respect for autistic people. We would call out the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Thanks!” Of course, within the first few hours of the poll, person first language, or “I have autism,” was the leading result due to most of Autism Speaks’ followers being neurotypical, including parents, caregivers, teachers and professionals who responded to the poll. What is Ableism Many people who are non-disabled have difficulty understanding the barriers in society that disabled people face. – Neurodivergent Thailand, Autism Speaks Does Not Speak for the Autism Community, Follow In the Loop About Neurodiversity on WordPress.com. This letter angered the autistic community including the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, who condemned the letter and their policy summit. While social skills can be challenging for many on the spectrum, that does not mean they should be deprived of opportunities to work. I have no interest in right or wrong. Autism Speaks was founded in 2005 by Bob Wright and his late wife, Suzanne Wright, grandparents of an autistic child, Christian. However, when one reads its “100 Day Kit,” when one sees Autism Speaks’ support of Applied Behavioral Analysis and cure and treatment research via the Autism CARES Act, when one watches a PSA created by Autism Speaks, it is evident that they still prioritize fixing or curing autism. Autism is a way of being. While parents should be prepared for a child that is disabled, the best way to do that would be by giving resources that will help the child thrive, rather than encouraging them to “mourn” the existence of their child such as that in Autism Speaks’ 100 Day Kit. But Autism Speaks does not intend to replace the puzzle piece symbol now, believing it to be a positive symbol, and even has a puzzle piece toolkit for schools to use for activities during April, or Autism “Awareness” Month. Autism Speaks (abbreviated to AS or sometimes A$) is a highly controversial organization, run by non-autistic people, that seeks to eliminate autism. Huge companies and influential celebrities continue to pour money into Autism Speaks, either ignorant of the harm it has caused to the autistic community, or not caring about such harm. For that it's right Autism Speaks is ableist. Or even just remove the puzzle piece symbol and replace it with almost anything else. – In the Loop About Neurodiversity – International Badass Activists, Things you should never say to an autistic author – Author Dahlia Donovan, Sia’s New Movie, “Music” is a Missed Opportunity for Authentic Disability Representation. sent Kelly a letter threatening to sue her for $90,000. It is widely assumed that person first language is “more polite” to put the “able before the label,” but many disability communities, including the blind, deaf, and autistic communities, disagree and believe that disabilities are identities to be proud of and something that cannot and should not be separated from people. — autism speaks (@autismspeaks) May 13, 2020 Advertisement Hide Eventually, TikTok users began uploading videos with the same sound criticizing those who are taking part in the challenge. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Their current (neurotypical) president, Angela Geiger, was appointed in 2016. Billy Mann continues to wear the blue puzzle piece with pride, despite the symbol being considered a hate symbol in the autistic community, and continues to work for Autism Speaks today. As someone who is autistic herself, she aspires to teach and learn from other neurodivergent people. Other Subtle Ableist Phrasing Institutions like Autism Speaks who claim to give a platform for we, the autistics, have been proven to be ableist groups. There was a private airplane expense for $57,000 for someone who entertained at an Autism Speaks event. Others do know, but continue to support them anyway, and even bully autistic people who oppose Autism Speaks. The autistic community had spoken. received widespread local press coverage. In this op-ed, Haley Moss describes what "benevolent ableism" is, and how it can be a form of bullying. All the organization wants is to kill autistic people. It was adopted on December 18th, 2007, and was passed and adopted without a vote in the UN General Assembly. Autism Speaks partnered with the Judge Rotenberg Center, the only residential care facility in the United States to use electric shock therapy on disabled and neurodiverse residents. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Such ideas of integration do not require reforming the system we live in entirely. A 2019 issue of Diversibility Magazine has a PSA by Autism Speaks. Well, I say “family,” but in reality, my sister Creigh was going for her high school volunteer hours … There's no normal child hidden behind the autism. Autism Speaks’ Strategic Plan for Science that outlined the organization’s priorities from 2013 through 2017 mentioned funding studies linking autism to “adverse responses” from vaccines: “Autism Speaks is funding studies on the underlying biology of autism, including studies to better understand medical and genetic conditions that are associated with autism that could potentially be linked to adverse responses to immunization.” It was not until 2015 when Autism Speaks revised its position on vaccines, with the present statement on their website being, ““Over the last two decades, extensive research has asked whether there is any link between childhood vaccinations and autism. Autism Speaks is not the only harmful or ableist organization that claims to be an “autism charity.” But it is among the most influential, and continues to silence autistic people to this day. More people are not suddenly “becoming” autistic, but more autistic people are receiving diagnoses. Over a quarter of funds for 2008 was used on employee compensation. If three million children in America one day went missing – what would we as a country do? But these studies were not designed to identify effects in a small population of potentially vulnerable children due to rare genetic and/or medical conditions.” Autism Speaks left the possibility open that vaccines could cause autism or influence autistic behaviors. And it continues to exclude autistic people from its leadership and decisions concerning autistic people. He starts out talking about his love for Christian’s sense of humor and their time of diving together. If three million children in America one morning fell gravely ill – what would we as a country do? Her undergraduate degree is in Humanities with a minor in Political Science. MSSNG is a database compiling 10,000 genomes of autistic people and their families that utilizes Google’s cloud software throughout different labs across the world. However you have heard about Autism Speaks, it’s unlikely you have heard about them from the very people they claim to support: the autistic community. In 2008, a fourteen-year-old autistic teenager who was a member of the Aspies for Freedom forum and went by the nickname, Kelly online made a website called “NT Speaks” (or Neurotypicals Speak), which was a satirical parody of Autism Speaks that suggested interventions for neurotypical behaviors the same way Autism Speaks suggests interventions for autistic behaviors. This film drew heavy criticism from the autistic community and from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Parody is not a copyright violation and is protected under the First Amendment as free speech, but Autism Speaks’ lawyers decided they were above the law and sent Kelly a letter threatening to sue her for $90,000 for the “funds lost” in fundraising efforts for traffic going to her website instead of Autism Speaks. Its most controversial PSA titled, “I am Autism,” released in 2009, characterizes autism as a demon or a monster. Great information and may this help many to understand better what Autism Speaks is about. Greggs filed a lawsuit against Autism Speaks for discrimination, but the lawsuit was dismissed in court. Autism Speaks has also used children’s characters, such as using the Nick Jr. character, Wubzy from, Wow, Wow, Wubzy! Autism speaks is not even made by autistic people and Autism speaks dehumanize autistic people. What is wrong with you?” To tell an autistic person that they should not have any more children because they are autistic is incredibly ableist, rude, and uncalled for. However, the funding priorities of curing and “combating” autism have not changed much since 2006. Your scientists don’t have the resources and I relish their desperation. Disability rights activists to this day are urging the FDA to #StoptheShock and ban electric shock torture in the United States and to shut down the Judge Rotenberg Center for good. This is Amazing, in fact this part here, this whole paragraph displaying the hatmfullness of Autism speaks is something that I as an Autistic individual connect with because I’ve had someone else say the same about me, “he then talks about how Christian cries in his bedroom, where Mattias states that, “it’s one of the times that it’s hard to have a brother with autism.” While it can be difficult to live with a high-support needs family member if the correct resources are not available or provided to the family, Christian’s nights of crying are private and not something any child would want their relatives talking about”. I know no color barrier, no religion, no morality, no currency. I will make sure that every day you wake up, you will cry, wondering, “Who will take care of my child after I die?” And the truth is, I’m still winning. Autism Speaks is notorious for its Public Service Announcements characterizing autism as demonic, a monster, or a tragedy. This may seem more minor compared to other things Autism Speaks has done, however, language preference is important in the autistic community. Creating work on disability without disabled input is ableist & dismissive, no matter abt "good intentions". View all posts by Cassandra Crosman, although the number of participants has declined in recent years, murder of an autistic three year old by her mother. The interview was conducted in front of Alison’s autistic daughter, Jodie Singer, without regard that the daughter was right there and could hear everything the mother said about her. The National Alliance for Autism Research has given more than $20 million dollars to over 200 autism research and eugenics projects, and Cure Autism Now has given $39 million dollars for autism research grants focused on treating and curing autism. I know where you live. Shatner additionally sends his Twitter followers to attack autistic people online. That raises the question: what’s wrong with not working and having to be cared for? The first World Autism Awareness Day took place on April 2nd, 2008. In reality, it clouded autism in darkness, using a deep, scary voice to say the following about autism: “I am autism. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Last updated 10 June 2020. Soldiers of Odin has white supremacist roots with a Finnish Aryan group and has harassed refugees. Despite how grim Suzanne Wright’s words were in that interview alone, her husband and the other co-founder, Bob, had his own equally harmful focus on the matter. The thing is, when you talk about preventing autism, that includes the low-support needs autistics too. Not only would that help the company by showing that they are inclusive to hire autistic people, but it could also integrate autistic people in the community and teach customers how to better understand them by putting them together in the same environment. We do not need any more people with autism. The first series of Autism Walks raised over $2 million dollars, and continue to provide money for Autism Speaks, although the number of participants has declined in recent years. Its aggressive ad campaigns started in 2005, when The Today Show aired a week long series of ads highlighting autism research and treatment. Autism Speaks continues to spread misinformation and fear mongering, pathologizing language about autism. It also funds the Autism Tissue Program, which is funded by the National Alliance for Autism Research and manages and distributes brain tissues donated for autism research. This is the only legislation in the United States focused on autism, and more specifically on “combating” autism, or “curing” autism. "People who want to give their kids bleach enemas are just nuts. While Bob and Suzanne Wright did not necessarily agree with Katie Wright, they did leave the possibility open and funded research linking vaccines to autism. In the kit (and keep in mind this was last updated in 2018), it tells families to go through the five stages of grief after their child has been diagnosed with autism, it discourages autism acceptance, and it has a parent testimony wishing that their autistic child was given the same amount of sympathy as another child diagnosed with leukemia. In 2014, Autism Speaks released a documentary titled, “Sounding the Alarm: Battling the Autism Epidemic.” In this film, Lori Unumb, who was Autism Speaks Vice President of State Government Affairs, calls autism an “unforeseen and unprovoked medical disaster,” and said there is a “huge autism tsunami that is going to hit the state budgets of all of our states if they don’t ensure that the kids are getting treatment.” Even just a few years ago, Autism Speaks has compared autism to natural disasters and diseases, as well as suggesting that autistic people are a huge financial burden on society. Autistics, no matter how their traits manifest, are deserving of the same amount of dignity and respect. Some simple aesthetic things Autism Speaks could do is change its puzzle piece symbol to a more positive symbol, such as the symbol for neurodiversity. But as in many of Autism Speaks’ efforts, awareness of autism comes at the cost of awareness of autistic people. Page created in or before July 2012 (exact date unknown). Instead, say “The world has become disconnected”. After finding there is no cure for autism, they founded Autism Speaks out of their desire to find a cure for him and end what they believed to be an “epidemic” of autism. The results of this research are clear: Vaccines do not cause autism. murdering her own child while they were in the same room, ‘A baffling fiasco’: Sia’s Music leaves you wondering what anyone was thinking, Animals and Autism: A Union Beyond Measure. The statement on their website used to read, “Several epidemiological studies have explored whether either the MMR vaccine or thimerosal, a preservative previously used in vaccines, are linked to autism, and these studies have not supported a link. I generally like them, and they seem to generally like me, some in … Where the autistic rights movement IS the news! Suzanne Wright never did achieve her dream of curing autism before her passing in 2016. It’s honestly that simple. Choose which you prefer then tell us hwy as well as your connection to autism in the comments. She then got a phone call that Autism Speaks rescinded the job offer. Autism Speaks is responsible for films and PSAs (which are no longer available on its YouTube channel) that depict autistic people as aggressive, as monsters, as soulless, and as empty, hollow shells. Red, gold, and crimson, or the combination of red and gold, are colors commonly used by the autistic community during April to show autism acceptance. I work faster than pediatric AIDS, cancer, and diabetes combined. And possibly the least likely thing they will ever do, is they will have to issue a public apology to the autistic community for all of the harm it has caused by its PSAs, its funding priorities, by lobbying for anti-autistic practices and legislation, and pledge to be better and learn from autistic people to unlearn ableism. Based on their history, Autism Speaks seems to envision a world where autistic people no longer exist. And I will try my hardest to persuade people and organizations that support Autism Speaks to think otherwise and listen to the autistic community. raise millions of dollars for both Autism Speaks U events and for collegiate teams at their Autism Speaks Walks. She applied for an Autism Walk events manager position, of which the salary was $50,000 per year. Blue lightbulbs can even be bought at Home Depot, one of Autism Speaks largest sponsors, during the month of April. The fear of a potential attack toward the autistic population such as a prenatal test still lingers, as the MSSNG project has shown no signs of slowing down. raises over $1,000,000 a year for Autism Speaks, one Autism Speaks U chapter at Ohio State University posted signs with false fear mongering slogans, turned down another job offer from the Democratic National Committee, “YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE BRED! If anything, autism is underdiagnosed, especially among minorities such as autistic women and nonbinary people. That’s extremely ableist. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Ableism is “a set of practices and beliefs that assign inferior value (worth) to people who have developmental, emotional, physical or psychiatric disabilities,” according to Stop Ableism Inc. If you wouldn’t do something to an able-bodied child, do not do it to your disabled children. Screenshots of the original post have been retrieved here, and there is an analysis/rebuttal of the apology here by autistic activist, Amanda Seigler. She loves to write and created the blog, "In the Loop About Neurodiversity" to help empower neurodivergent people and educate neurotypical people about the importance of recognizing and celebrating neurodiversity. Other sponsors of Autism Speaks include Samsung, Great Wolf Lodge, Sesame Street Workshop, and most recently, Kellogg’s and Lids Hats have partnered with Autism Speaks. After showing how much reach the campaign achieved across the world in different landmarks, the narrator mentions a $100 million brain science initiative brought forth by the Obama administration. Those words are not Mattias’ fault since he was so young, but if his grandparents taught him that it’s okay to embrace differences, it’s perhaps probable that his narration would carry a different tone. You have no cure for me. the funding priorities of curing and “combating” autism have not changed much since 2006. Autism Speaks fear-marketed with documentaries, books, billboards, advertising, public service announcements and other marketing campaigns. “If you’re going to lose one to two percent of your male population to autism, that means they’re not going to be productive. Autism Speaks continues to characterize autism as undesirable and something that should be eradicated and cured. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Its goals and rhetoric have resulted in protests, led by autistic people, and many of their loved ones and allies. While World Autism Awareness Day (April 2nd) was not invented by Autism Speaks, but by the United Nations General Assembly. It would have to reprioritize its funding to services for autistic people, which as of now receives less than 2% of the budget, and support research for social needs of the autistic community rather than towards cure and treatment research as it continues to do. He has called autistic people names such as “brainwashed,” “liars,” and saying ableist statements such as, “Does anyone in the ND world have the skill set to research facts?” He has made multiple false claims about the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to justify his support of Autism Speaks such as by calling their flyer “propaganda,” when it was made by autistic researchers who broke down the budget of Autism Speaks, which shows that it spends less than 2% of its earnings on services for autistic people. Ableism comes in the form of stereotypes, assumptions, and demeaning language. And you should be. The largest sources of funding for the Combating Autism Act are the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the CDC, which both funded research investigating potential causes and treatments for autism. As an autistic person, I oppose Autism Speaks and related ableist organizations. I’m visible in your children. Few companies, such as Voodoo Doughnut and Build a Bear, actually listened to and respected the autistic community after educating them on why its a harmful organization. I had a brother with severe autism and brain did not have the capacity to function independently. 25% went to science grants and awards, 5% went to travel, lodging, meals, catering, and entertainment, and 4% went to advertisements and marketing. spends less than 2% of its earnings on services for autistic people. If anything, you would have a completely different person inhabiting that person’s body. You ignored me. Horrific Autism Speaks “I am Autism” ad transcript Vicious Prejudice Shown in Autism Speaks Video: We have provided the full transcript of the "I am Autism" video by Autism Speaks, which depicts Autistic people as useless burdens destroying their families and society. Suntrust Foundation, and with every voice I take away, I can ’ t either language to my. 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