Monthly Archives: October 2015
The Answer to the Answer
I loved this post. It’s SOOO true.
shameful: 2014 Autism Speaks’ financials
Again.
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Autism Speaks: Your dollars@work
***The data used to create this chart was extracted from Autism Speaks’ 2014 audited financial statements. You can find the original data here on Autism Speaks’ website.
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In 2014 (like other years)Less than 4% of Autism Speaks’ expenditures support Autistic people and their families. Salaries/benefits and associated expenses account for almost 20% of its expenditures.
Donate to underfunded organizations that support Autistic people.
AutismWomensNetwork.org
Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Library
Tone it Down Taupe
Bully for You. It’s Five Against One.
Very pointed commentary
Ten Things Autistic Kids Pick Up Faster, Better, and With Less Trauma If They Aren’t Bullied Into Learning Them
10 Downsides Kids With Autism Get From Bullying (because apparently it isn’t obvious…)
Shame ADN Shame
Source: Shame ADN Shame
A review of the HBO autism documentary: How To Dance In Ohio
How To Dance In Ohio is an autism documentary coming to HBO on October 26, 2015. This is my review of that film.
Source: A review of the HBO autism documentary: How To Dance In Ohio
shameful: 2014 Autism Speaks’ financials
The Worst of the Autism Biomed Movement: Bleach, Castration and Death
Few things about quackery are more disgustingly horrible than when deluded parents (who hardly know anything about medicine or science) subject their children to dangerous substances that risks their health or even their life. It is understandable that parents who discover that their child has severe autism may become desperate and wants to do everything in their power to help. However, these people are also at their most vulnerable for being exploited by pseudoscientific nonsense and they can cause a lot of harm.
This article covers several of the most dangerous elements of the multi-million dollar industry known as the autism biomedical movement: chlorine dioxide bleach, chemical castration, hyperbaric oxygen chamber and chelation. Parents should never be allowed to sacrifice the health of innocent children for the benefit of pseudoscientific quackery.
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