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.”
Seeing this film promoted, in light of a recent case centering on the murder of an autistic child by her mother, sickens me. The mother in the case, Karen McCarron was ultimately found guilty on all charges. Perhaps those in the know at the Sundance Channel should really sit down and watch the video and look at the message that it is getting across and compare it to what the family of Katie McCarron has to deal with now that it isn’t “autism everyday.”
No time to expand further right now but I felt compelled to blog immediately.
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