Response from Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks

This is the answer of Suzanne Wright, co-founder of Autism Speaks, where she promises that her organization will start airing something besides the consistently negative and alarmist images of autism if we provide them to her.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• UnitedNations
• autism

[madwoodpecker]

i think her email is available on the autism speaks website. not sure.

[madwoodpecker]

you did not write to Suzanne Wright. I am not a member of autism speaks, nor am I affiliated with the organization. This was just her response to my question at the conference.

[ivanova88]

if you say that you have tried to take the stigma away from autism then why do you allow mothers on the autismspeaks video "autism everyday" say my autistic child is broken or stolen? please rebly.

[madwoodpecker]

see below.

[11krage]

She doesn't get it. Why is someone like that allowed to be in that position? If I were there I would ask her seriously who on earth autism speaks is actually speaking for, because it sure isn't us autistics.

[aspie182]

If this woman said that to my face, I would punch her. No ifs, no buts, no whys. I would punch her so hard she would be seeing stars for years, if not the rest of her life. Ever since I was diagnosed, and long before, she has run a tireless campaign of divisionism, misinformation, and dehumanisation against the autistic. She is the closest living thing we have to Adolf Hitler today, and deserves to be treated as such.

I have only one question to ask of her. Namely, who do you think you are?

[ivanova88]

sorry i didnt know. do you know where i could ask mrs. wright this question? i truely sorry if i sounded rude it wasn't to you.

[dinahkcm]

she just doesn't get it...