Comments on: “Autism Everyday” Backlash

By: Christschool, Autism Self-Advocacy and Tropic Thunder

Christschool, Autism Self-Advocacy and Tropic Thunder — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:06:24 +0000

[...] have previously blogged about Christschool – Autism Everday Backlash. In the first video that I saw of his, it really spoke to me and so I watched many of his other [...]

By: Wiglet

Wiglet — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:09:19 +0000

Well, sure, Autism Speaks doesn’t want to envision a future with adults on the spectrum. They don’t have to. All the treatments they espouse “recover” children from autism, so it’s a moot point, right?

By: Daughter of the Ring of Fire » Blog Archive » Autism Speaks Fucks Up Again

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:05:46 +0000

[...] even manage to portray autistic children without suggesting that they are monsters, which is quite an achievement for this group, but take a close look at what they suggest the consequences of lack of [...]

By: Autism Everyday - Not Again - Mutterings Of A Mindless Mommy

Autism Everyday - Not Again - Mutterings Of A Mindless Mommy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:58:30 +0000

[...] I just received a Google Alert announcing that the Sundance Channel will be premiering the Autism Speaks/Lauren Thierry film “Autism Everyday” on World Autism Awareness Day. World Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd and was designated as such by the United Nations after a push by Autism Speaks (the day did have international support). The film Autism Everyday is truly a horrific film and at one point a parent talks about killing her child because dealing with “autism everyday” is so difficult. In May of last year, I posted some information on the film in my entry “Autism Everyday Backlash.” [...]

By: Allyson

Allyson — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:02:57 +0000

I too find myself more on the neurodiversity side but in the last few weeks I have been researching pollution because of my environmental interests and I am really shocked at the amount of environmental contamination due to processing in industry.I can really understand where the fears of heavy metal poisoning comes from.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:03:34 +0000

Thanks feebee! I have disdain for the terms “high functioning” and “low functioning” – that’s why I put ‘em in quotes.

By: feebee

feebee — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:51:02 +0000

Hear, hear! I’m all for neurodiversity. And my son is pretty ‘low functioning,’ whatever the hell that means.