I am Autism

A conversation between Hatred and The Autistic Community, borrowing the script (with surprisingly few edits) from Autism Speaks' video, "I am Autism".

Transcript:
I am hatred. I am visible in your children, but if I can help it, I am invisible to you until its too late. I know where you live, and guess what? I live there too. I hover around all of you. I know no color barrier, no religion, no morality, no currency. I speak your language fluently, and with every voice I take away, I acquire yet another language. I work very quickly. I work faster than public disservice announcements can churn me out. And if you are happily married, I will make sure that your marriage fails. Your money will fall into my hands, and I will bankrupt you for my own self-gain. I dont sleep, so I make sure you dont either. I will make it virtually impossible for your family to easily attend a temple, a birthday party, a public park, without a struggle, without embarrassment, without pain. I will make sure that when your children grow up, society will have no place for them. No home, no school, no job, no friends. You have no cure for me. Your social scientists dont have the resources, and I relish their desperation. Your neighbors are happier to pretend that I dont exist, of course, until its their child who is hated. I am hatred. I have no interest in right or wrong. I derive great pleasure out of your loneliness. I will fight to take away your hope. I will plot to rob you of your children and your dreams. I will make sure that every day you wake up, you will cry, wondering, "who will take care of my child after I die?" And the truth is, no one will because I have spread my message well. I am still winning, and you are scared, and you should be. I am hatred. You ignored me. That was a mistake.

And to hatred, I say: I am Autism. I am Autistic. I am a father. A mother. A grandparent. I am a child. A teenager, an infant. I am a lover, a husband, a wife. I am your neighbor, your co-worker, your classmate, and your friend. Hatred, I will spend every waking hour trying to weaken you. I may have more challenges than other people, but I will not rest until you do. Love can be much stronger than hatred ever anticipated, and I will not be intimidated by you, nor will the love and strength of my community. I am an Autistic person facing you every day of my life and you can push me off this horse time and time again, but I will get up, climb back on, and ride on with the message. The message that I am Autistic, and I am human. Hatred? You forget who we are. You forget who you are dealing with. You forget the spirit of Autistic people and those who love us. We are the true voice of Autism. We are the Autistic Community. We are from all nations, all faiths, all languages. We search for acceptance, dignity, respect, compassion, and tolerance. We want a place in the community, an education, a high quality of life, and to make choices about our own lives. We want our voices to be heard and to contribute to a growing awareness you never anticipated. We have challenges, but we are equal in our humanity. We speak the only language that matters: support for one another. Our capacity to love is greater than your capacity to overwhelm. Hatred is naive. You are alone. We are a community of Autistic People. We have a voice. We speak, type, point, sing, flap , and squeal. You think that because some of us cannot speak, that we have nothing to say. That is hatred's weakness. You think that because you don't understand my life, that my life is worse than yours. You have not properly been introduced to this community of Autistic people . . . and of our grandparents, of siblings and friends and schoolteachers, of parents, brothers and sisters, of therapists, doctors, and scientists. Hatred, if you are not scared, you should be. When you came for me, you forgot - you came for all of us. Autistics speak. Hatred, are you listening?

If you would like to support Autistic people and their families in the fight against hatred, please contact The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network at www.autisticadvocacy.org.
Thank you.

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• i am autism
• i am autistic
• i am hatred
• autistic rights
• disability
• disability rights
• human rights
• autistic community
• ASAN

[Mariotheplumber100]

I don't see the point in making a video like this, pathetic.

[ooohprettycolors]

@Mariotheplumber100

It's pathetic for people to stand up for their rights and fight hatred and stigma?

[khortonworld]

at first i thought you were talking about the autism doing this. but then i got the message.

so autism speaks is lying to us?

[ooohprettycolors]

@khortonworld

no, autism speaks is actually pretty clear about their eugenic, hate-filled goals.

[ooohprettycolors]

That probably won't happen because Autism Speaks has a policy of not speaking with autistic people, or even acknowledging our voices. Please rest assured that the Autistic community and our allies will continue to fight until ALL Autistic people have the equal rights, respect, and support that we deserve.

[gorramdoll]

Wrong. Autism Speaks does not work for disability rights causes at all.

[Crazymanfein]

I don't remember ASAN using scare tactics. I don't remember ASAN referring to Autism as a disease, comparing it to LIFE threatening diseases such as aids and cancer. I don't remember ASAN using dirty legal tactics to silence someone's voice. Autism Speaks does all of this. Autism Speaks has no publically recognized Autistic board members. ASAN is run by autistics. Get your facts straight please.

[Voidjanrulerserus]

This is extremely offensive I am autistic i have AS and I am proud those who made this will burnt in a fire, we are the ascended race

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

@Taraterm2,

One more thing. If you want to child to live a happy life, you should be donating for accomadations to make his life easier. Not trying to change his personality. We are not saying we don't want to help autistic people because we are anti-cure. Big difference.

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

@Taraterm2,

Enough with your "holier-than-thou" attitude. Wake up, for Pete's sake!! The world doesn't revolve around you. Why are you so upset that your child still believes in Santa Claus and holds a teddy bear. That's what God made him to be. I bet he is more innocent and kind than you and your "herd mentality" attitude. Who's emotionally constipated now?

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

Aren't you glad that the video is removed now? But the documentary Autism Every Day was much worse. One mother even stated of driving her and her child off a bridge. They even told the parents tbehind the scenes to look disheveled to make it look dramatic. If that's not sickening, I don't know what is.

[teiyia]

@Mariotheplumber100 is this decribing CPS or Autisim?

[WILD4X4D]

@ooohprettycolors amen to that, you said it ;) preach on the good word, and testify

[Quintega]

@Taraterm2 oh so I'm not happy wow how does someone who doesn't know me never met me know I'm unhappy. Oh I suppose the smile I have in the driving video's I posted was fake tooo *Sarcasm* idiot

[Swifttheslacker]

CWC

[Ackalan]

Perfect. :D