Faux Autism Advocates Go Full On Despicable

[HuckleB]

Last edited Sat May 17, 2014, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2014/05/13/more-embarrassment-from-faux-autism-advocates/

"There are groups, some within the autism communities and some external, who are doing the autism communities harm. Ironically they think they are helping, leading, changing the world. Many of these groups and people adhere to the idea that the rise in autism diagnoses is due to vaccines. Yesterday I wrote about how individuals from these groups have stooped so low as to threaten high school student filmmakers (Faux advocates embarrass the autism communities by attacking high school students and their film project). Today I’m sadly writing about another embarrassing incident: making a statement by photoshopping an important statement by Michelle Obama."

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(The photoshopped sign which can be seen at the link says: "The US has its own "missing children" like the 14,700% increase in autism since 1990 affecting 1,200,000. But the US won't call it an epidemic much less a crisis.&quot

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"Yes, the faux autism advocates decided to try to get some attention for themselves using Ms. Obama’s picture. In case you are wondering, yes I mean attention for themselves. Consider the statement Ms. Obama publicized: “Bring Back Our Girls”. Simple. Direct. Calls for action. Now consider the statement by the faux autism advocates. Long and doesn’t actually call for real action. Read it again if you missed that. All the action they call for is to call autism an epidemic and a crisis. They are calling for someone to accept their views on autism. They didn’t take the opportunity to say, oh, “We need more support”. “We have 1.2M people with great needs”. No. They called for attention for themselves and their agenda. And they did it in a way that reflects very poorly (to be polite) on the autism communities."

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In case it needs to be made more clear, the people who pushed this dehumanizing meme are anti-vaccine, and push plenty of other bizarre conspiracies. On top of this, they repeatedly dismiss the humanity of autistics.

[xchrom]

1. du rec.

[HuckleB]

3. Thank you!

[SidDithers]

2. DU rec...

almost as bad as the autism biomed cranks - the ones advocating bleach enemas for children as a "treatment" for autism.

Fucking assholes.

Sid

[HuckleB]

8. Thank you!

It is amazing to see the similarities between all these groups. Crazy biomed nonsense amidst anti-vaxers. Crazy detox nonsense among anti-GMOers. And on and on.

[RobertEarl]

4. Not a fair depiction of those autism concerned folks

Seems most of those concerned about autism are those with family of autistic children?

There being no real science based reasons for the rampant autism, these people are speaking out in an effort to find the reasons so autism may be vaccinated against. No, I don't mean an injection, but rather prevention.

As an activist knifed in the back many times, it gives me pause to see these autism activists knifed in the back here on DU.

[HuckleB]

5. These "activists" are ignoring the science, and they act like their children aren't human.

Anti-vaccine nonsense equals pro-disease nonsense. Dehumanizing autistic people is despicable. No one is knifing anyone in the back. Pointing out ridiculous, inhuman acts is the right thing to do. If you support those acts, that's your choice, but don't pretend that these people are victims of anything but their own ugly actions.

[Orrex]

6. Why don't you simply blame it on Fukushima radiation?

[NuclearDem]

7. If you give a shit about the autism community

then you won't waste the finite time and resources of those working hard to develop effective treatments and a cure by bringing up ridiculous PRATT.

These activists' hearts may be in the right place, but they're doing real harm with this.