Voices of autism 'silenced' by charity - Autism Speaks

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Interesting but not surprising. Not only are they Eugenicists, they are trying to protect their funding. By that I mean they are trying to stifle other charities, so all the money and attention comes to them.

In a message dated 1/31/2008 6:00:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

You have to subscribe to get the complete article. I was unwilling to do that.TomAdministratorhttp://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19726414.300-voices-of-autism-silenced-by-charity.htmlVoices of autism 'silenced' by charity02 February 2008 Celeste Biever Magazine issue 2641 AN EXTRAORDINARY dispute has broken out between people with autism and a charity that aims to help them. At stake is how such people are perceived by the general public. Like many people with autism, an autistic blogger who goes by the screen name "Abscout" is angry about the way the condition is portrayed by some charities. To try and paint a different picture, Abscout set up a spoof website called NTSpeaks.org, a parody of the site of the New York-based charity Autism Speaks. The NT stands for neurotypical, a term sometimes used by people with autism to describe the rest of the population. Last week, however, in response to demands from Autism Speaks, Abscout took the site down. Autism Speaks claims the site infringed its copyright, and that it could have confused people looking for information about autism. That in turn has outraged Abscout's supporters, who say ... Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

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Interesting but not surprising. Not only are they Eugenicists, they are trying to protect their funding. By that I mean they are trying to stifle other charities, so all the money and attention comes to them.

In a message dated 1/31/2008 6:00:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

You have to subscribe to get the complete article. I was unwilling to do that.TomAdministratorhttp://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19726414.300-voices-of-autism-silenced-by-charity.htmlVoices of autism 'silenced' by charity02 February 2008 Celeste Biever Magazine issue 2641 AN EXTRAORDINARY dispute has broken out between people with autism and a charity that aims to help them. At stake is how such people are perceived by the general public. Like many people with autism, an autistic blogger who goes by the screen name "Abscout" is angry about the way the condition is portrayed by some charities. To try and paint a different picture, Abscout set up a spoof website called NTSpeaks.org, a parody of the site of the New York-based charity Autism Speaks. The NT stands for neurotypical, a term sometimes used by people with autism to describe the rest of the population. Last week, however, in response to demands from Autism Speaks, Abscout took the site down. Autism Speaks claims the site infringed its copyright, and that it could have confused people looking for information about autism. That in turn has outraged Abscout's supporters, who say ... Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

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Voices of autism 'silenced' by charity

02 February 2008

Celeste Biever

Magazine issue 2641

AN EXTRAORDINARY dispute has broken out between people with autism

and a charity that aims to help them. At stake is how such people are

perceived by the general public.

Like many people with autism, an autistic blogger who goes by the

screen name " Abscout " is angry about the way the condition is

portrayed by some charities. To try and paint a different picture,

Abscout set up a spoof website called NTSpeaks.org, a parody of the

site of the New York-based charity Autism Speaks. The NT stands for

neurotypical, a term sometimes used by people with autism to describe

the rest of the population.

Last week, however, in response to demands from Autism Speaks,

Abscout took the site down. Autism Speaks claims the site infringed

its copyright, and that it could have confused people looking for

information about autism. That in turn has outraged Abscout's

supporters, who say ...