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

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This makes me so mad! What a coward. Times like this I wish I was a

hacker so I could locate the address of the person.

Janice

> Dear Craigs List Staff,

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> 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.

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> I am hoping that others in the autism community would encourage

you to remove those posts or ban that poster as well.

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

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> 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.

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> 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....

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> 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.

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> Sincerely,

> M. Guppy

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> " 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.

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> Below are some of the posts on your site.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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> 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. "

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