Reply to Autism Speaks "I am Autism" video

My opinion on the Autism speaks video. Thanks for listening.

This is supposed to be a video response to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdcDlQVYtM

But they either havent approved it yet or aren't going to.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• autism
• aspergers
• pro autism
• autism speaks

[Dolphidood]

Everyone walks away with a wonderful diagnosis in Aspergers where so many people are aware of it and there's me who gets the crappy Semantic Pragmatic disorder that no one hears or cares about lol! Everyone seems to want an Aspergers syndrome because its fun, cute and cuddly with a bite of 'rude reality'. We suffer just as much as our learning difficulties compensate the typical lower autism quotient... although I find it a conscious effort to express myself as if it cant be learned.

[AspergersGirl]

@Dolphidood It's not fun, cute and cuddly. People who don't have it just look on it like it's nothing. It's actually quite difficult.

[Genin99]

@ASDASDFADC The problem with organizations like Autism Speaks is they generalize Autism and they're spreading propaganda that everyone with Autism will never function properly.

[AspieEyes]

I don't think autism/aspergers ruins a marriage its the person that does it,even if we have ASD or autism we still have a personality and that could mean for example we are a nasty person etc. just like an NT person could have a nasty nature.

[BallsInYourJawsBitch]

I just don't quite understand my boss's intentions and I'm basically a screw up.  Am I autistic or am I just an idiot?

[CanadianoftheCoast]

Good video, intelligently put forward and well done!

Adrian.

[Hid3sInsight]

I think we need to stop trying to define it. People mistake "not givein' a shit" for stupidity.

Or maybe I'm trying to deny the truth again. It's how I've survived for so long. I grow weird with age.

[juliewahoo]

I agree with your video, it makes out autism is a terminal illness!!! My son is autistic and he is fabulous, you can teach an autistic child so much if you find the level they learn at.

[marshmellowmoo]

enunciate!! i understood half of what you said

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

@renaissanceknight,

Why do you believe the lies that Autism Speaks tells you? They call you a "burden", "changling", "demon", "jigsaw puzzle" and every other autistic slur. Asperger's is autism. Autism is a spectrum. You must have been hanging out with those curebie parents for too long. If you had a more positive attitude about yourself, you would probably have a job. You're another of one of those "self-hating autistics", or "autistic Uncle Toms."

[BaltoLoneWoolf]

@Taraterm2,

What amazes me is that you throw a stereotpye of not empathizing at us, but you can't even empathize the pain of us having to be called "retarded" by the brainwashed public thanks to Autism Speaks and their Nazi mentality. Hypocrite.

[TheMyklar]

I agree with you fiona. I dont need to be cured, or given any other accomodations beyond common courtesy. There is definitely a danger of future generations of aspies being eradicated through genetic screening before birth. It could even become "the responsible thing to do". I very much like being alive, even If i am a square peg in a round holed world.