➢ hello everyone! in today's project we're going to be talking about autism speaks. ➢ TW: autism hatred and finding a cure for autism ➢ what is autism speaks? ↳ autism speaks is a group/charity founded in 2005. it was created by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of an autistic child. their blue puzzle piece logo has become synonymous with this brand and with autism in general. when it was founded, this company was focused on spreading awareness about autism. it is mainly targeted towards "autism parents", people who have had autistic children without an prior experience or knowledge with or about autism. ➢ what is NAAR? ↳ NAAR, also referred to as the National Alliance for Autism Research is an organization founded in 1994. just like Autsm Speaks, NAAR was founded by parents of kids with autism. however at first, their missions were very different. on NAAR's Wikipedia page, it states that NAAR was founded with the intent to get more funding to do autism research. however, this intent was skewed when NAAR started focusing most of it's research on finding a cure for autism. ➢ when did they start to go wrong? ↳ in 2014, Autism Speaks, NAAR along with a few other organizations focused on finding a cure for autism paired up. Autism Speaks also started focusing on finding a cure. Autism Speaks also started putting out horrifying ads stating that having a child with autism would ruin marriages, and how autism is a big bully and is such an awful thing. ➢ why is autism speaks a bad charity? ↳ Autism Speaks is an awful organization because they are focusing on finding a cure for autism. paired up with the fact that they think autism is awful and is ruining marriages, Autism Speaks is an autism hate group. ➢ what do autistic people think? ↳ just like autistic people, I am neurodivergent (i have not been diagnosed with anything, however, I am working on getting diagnosed. after doing hours and hours of research I am certain that I either have autism or ADHD, with are very similar). in my hours of research, I have found that Autism Speaks is hated in the autism community. they are an autism hate group after all. autistic people don't want a cure. there is nothing worth curing. autism is a disability, yes, but it is one that has benefited so many people. this is hard to explain myself, so I will leave a link to a video explaining it better in the notes and credits. an important video that explains this (shared by ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQuM5e0QGLg ^^ ➢ what are some good charities and organizations that support autistic people? ↳ ASAN - autism self-advocacy network ↳ NCC - nonspeaking community consortium
✩ daily things --------------------- charity: https://www.aane.org/ petition: http://chng.it/WtNRRHs6Xx small business: https://www.stimtastic.co/ scratcher: @sprinkles456 autism cure/treatments video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bo8a4uhOvo since I'm on my school computer, this is the only video i could find, sorry about that.
