Rethinking Autism: Autism Support Group

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

Most of the time, people have made at least one of these statements to me, or I see people make these types of statements. And when I tell them that they're wrong, they refuse to listen or tell me to shut up. "Let's try chelation." "He never tells me that he loves me." Urgh! =_= These types of people are blindly being ableist without knowing it. It can be hard trying to protest these types of things and people don't want to listen, but I'm sure one day, things will get better for us. :)

[pshepherd58]

such a good video

[disneypassholder]

0:30 Keri Tombazian has the most amazing voice in the history of the world.

[thebestwillow]

well, congrats, Mrs. Washington, made me cry.

[lindseywong919]

huge huge like for this video :D

[jeffrielly]

we need to share bomb thses videos so more people can see what this orginization is all about! (share bomb means for as many people as possible to share it through as many different places as possible such as face book twitter showing other people on your phone all on the same day)

[jeffrielly]

having aspergers myself, this video made me cry! I can so connect with Tammy! they say we lack empathy as well as lacking other emotions...this is so not true! we are people to, and just because we do have some difficulties showing how we really feel in no way makes us robots! we do have empathy although we may not show it in the same way as nt it is there in us when we want to help some one we are showing our empathetic side! she was showing empath as well in this very "support" group!

[JoRdAnAONXSKILLZ]

if something like this would have happened years ago, there would not be so much confusion about autism.

but you can see why some people are confused by it: it is a spectrum disorder that covers a wide array of disabilities and symptoms, a lot of people get confused by this.

[JoRdAnAONXSKILLZ]

this organization is a massive step forward in autism acceptance and as a person with aspergers syndrome (a form of high functioning autism.), i take my hat off to you.

[pegschr]

does anyone know how autism ages? I am especially talking about the Aspergers form. My husband has Aspergers and to me his behavior/characteristics are getting worse and harder for him to handle. But there is nothing or no research on how things play out as they age.

[Sporkerchan]

I love you guys!

[lir1835]

Hi Mike, I am friends with Bill Edwards. My son, now 16, has Asperger's Syndrome. I have to say that since his birth, since day one, we knew in our hearts something was different with our child. I have never gone through a "grieving process" for the nuerotypical child I "expected" to have. I thank you for taking the time to put these videos together and spread awareness for Autism. There is nothing wrong with those with any autistic spectrum disorder.  Wish more people saw that. Thank you!!

[TheStickyChicky]

THANK YOU!!!! 

[PinkDiamondEnt1]

they can use more parts of thier brain that we cannot use, therefore they are special....in a good way......

[TheDecepticonman]

Thank you for this. As an adult with Asperger Syndrome she echoed exactly what I feel. Finally someone other than the ignorant "Autism Speaks" group is starting to speak out. Thank you for being our voice.

[mardoggie2013]

THANK YOU!

[dcs002]

You guys are awesome! Thank you for another SPOT ON video! Parents so often seem to make their children's autism about themselves. THANK YOU again!

[meejician]

Superb! This is the message lots of us are trying to pass on. It's time to move away from 'autism is a disorder' to 'autism is a diffability' as Wendy Lawson says!

[haddayr]

When I first saw this, I thought: "I don't know any parents like that. They're sort of caricatures." But then I realized you were portraying the way the national conversation is going, not individual parents. And I just love this video so much.

[madwoodpecker]

This is your best one yet. Can't say enough good things about it.

[Casdok]

Love this :)

[weareallanemic]

Amazing!

[ssjbriguy]

Right now, this same conversation is happening somewhere but there is no actually autistic person there to debunk the myths and misinformation.

[theamazinj]

Amazing video!! I think this video should be broadcast on regular TV as commercial so that every body knows what we go through. No body should feel like they are any less of a person. Remember every one is a person who can speak up. Think of it as a way for us to push ourselves out to use our tremendous potential to let our feelings be known in any way we can.

[gretl01]

Any chance of seeing a version of this with closed captioning? Would be much appreciated! Thx.

[RethinkingAutism]

@gretl01 It's already done. Just click the "cc" button at the bottom of the video next to the resolution (360p, etc.) button. Thanks!

[gretl01]

@RethinkingAutism Oh hey, look at that! D'oh. :-) Thanks.

[ravenswingpoetry]

Amazing video. THANK YOU. It's about time our side of the story be heard.

[jenwa06]

This was passed on to everyone at on my facebook page Lets Educate Australia About Autism

Thank you Tammy - you are an inspiration to my twin boys - both diagnosed with autism.

[fmelissa169]

I am also an autistic adult, and i know exactly what Tammy is talking about!!! I have all kinds of really sweet, cool friends on Facebook, i have even started an autism vlog here on YouTube...however, here in my town on the Central Coast of CA...i cannot make friends or get help and support. It...is sad...SO...very.....sad....and it doesn't have to be like this. I also am bullied, still.

[bryant5az]

This reminded me of my life with my two autistic children. It is nice to know that someone understands. Wonderful video.

[jenwa06]

OMG THIS MADE ME CRY & GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS!!

[rlautismservices]

Thank you. I'll be sharing this for Autism Rainbow Day (Friday 1st April). Touching video with a great message x

[territorygal]

Another autistic adult here. Thank you thank you THANK YOU for this. It spoke to my experience. Cheers.

[nagaempress]

You made me cry. this was beautiful!

[MsPurpleSarah]

I am an adult with Asperger's Syndrome. I could really identify with what Tammy said. I have also spent most of my life feeling like no one is listening. Until I watched this video I thought no one understood how I felt when as a kid I sneaked a peek at a book my mother had about parenting a kid with autism, which said parents had to go through a grieving process for the child they could have had, the neurotypical child.

[haddayr]

@MsPurpleSarah: I am a mother of a child with autism, and I NEVER EVER felt the need to 'grieve the child I could have had.' I'll bet your mom didn't, either. That book is just stupid. I cannot count the number of stupid books about raising autistic kids that are out there. What a horrible thing for a kid to see.

[BumsenDK]

I passed this on to my network. Again, excellent work.

[NYJanFan]

Amazing. You all really nailed it with this one.

[SharonDdaVanport]

Wonderful!! I didn't think you could top your last video "Autistics Speak" but you did, Dana! As an autistic adult, may I say, "thank you."

[desikitteh]

@SharonDdaVanport seconded.

[frailinflix]

FABULOUS! WONDERFUL! Thank you, Rethinking Autism. Very WELL DONE!

I'm immediately reposting this to Autism Hangout. Craig

[pblevins]

Wow.