To Craigs List -- Re: Inhumane posts about individuals with Autism

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Dear Craigs List Staff,

I am copying this message to all autism listserv's I am a part of, in hopes

that you would remove the inhumane posts from your website on the " rants and

raves " section -- where an individual, or individuals, are personally attacking

individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I am hoping that others in the autism community would encourage you to remove

those posts or ban that poster as well.

The posts are listed below at the end of this e-mail.

It would be fruitless to engage in an exchange with the poster of those vile

statements, so I would hope that as owner of such a reputable website, you would

remove those posts and not give that person such a platform.

I pray that the person behind those remarks never grows old and becomes a

useless burden to their family or someone who must care for them someday; -- or

is involved in a car accident leaving them paralyzed to thus become someone

else's object of amusement --- as those with autism seem to be to that

person....

It's people like that poster that affirm that my son -- who does not

understand his disability nor the remarks of others about him and his disability

-- is the most non-disabled among us.

Sincerely,

M. Guppy

" Living with a disability is difficult. Acknowledging this difficulty is

not a defeat, but a hard-won accomplishment in learning to live a life that is

not disabled. The difficulty for people with disabilities has two parts ---

living our ordinary, but difficult lives, and changing sturctures, beliefs, and

attitudes that prevent us from living ordinarily. "

Eiesland.

Below are some of the posts on your site.

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/686110718.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/686232342.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/686945032.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/687163015.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/rnr/687245260.html

M. Guppy

My autism journey isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning

to dance in the rain.... Texas Autism Advocacy: www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

" There are some aspects of a person's life that we have no right to

compromise. We cannot negotiate the size of an institution. No one should live

in one. We cannot debate who should get an inclusive education. Everyone

should. We cannot determine who does and who does not get the right to make

their own choices and forge their own futures. All must. "