The second of April is arriving soon, and that means autism speaks light up blue campaign once again will be here, and I wanna explain why you should support #redinstead which are against autism speaks
for people who don’t know autism speaks is an autism charity group, their arent liked by most autistic people.
a few fast reasons as to why
for many years they claim only boys could be autistic, that’s why its light it up blue campaign because blue is a boy colour
they supported electro shock therapy for autism,
they made a campaign with PETA claiming milk gives autism
They also supported the idea that the vaccine gives autism
they are actively looking for a cure for autism, but that cure is making sure we are not born at all, by that I mean they put money into finding a way to see if a fetus is autstick so they can abort it.
and lastly they made this
I really recommend these two videos if you wanna know more, about why you shouldn’t support autism speaks I recommend watching these two videos.
I am still haunted by that “I Am Autism” advertisement for Autism Speaks. I think alongside all of the problems you mentioned, they’re so focused on the parents of autistic children, and never autistic kids. It’s always how we’re a burden on family, friends, teachers, etc. Some of the things that the parents have the nerve to say about/to their children (even inciting violence) in the ads is absolutely disgusting.
the second video ask an autstick, she actually talk about autism speaks, is like a woman orginasation helping woman, and the only one who leads or advicate for it, is men.
