Re: Autism Speaks Recognized by United Nations

[Guest guest]

The UN really isn't even that dignified. Since the beginning, the UN has primarily been an engine to stifle Western opposition to Russian and other communist countries advances. Beyond that, the UN has been an ATM for corrupt regimes in the Third World to gobble up money that vanishes into the leader's secret bank accounts and food and development aid is stolen for those same leaders and their cronies. The UN has also devoted a great deal of energy into bashing the US since its inception.

That they like Autism Speaks shouldn't be a surprise. It is a fellow corrupt organization. Autism Speaks has gobbled up most of the Autism research groups, just like the UN wants to gobble up all the nations in a world government.

There is no real way to tell just how many autistics Autism Speaks actually can claim to represent. That is really immaterial, however, since they control so much and have so much PR. It is a matter of perception, they claim that they do and they are in everyone's face, so it is hard to deny them.

PS: Sorry for the attitude. I've been following this bailout nonsense with the banks and the car companies and now developers have their hands out. Comparing it to history and seeing how corrupt this whole mess is is driving me nuts.

I'm unsurprised to be honest. The UN hasn't been an organization to help people for quite some time. It's has acted more on business interests or on the basis of political gain for one country or another for as long as I can remember.--MikeIn the end the journey only matters if you've helped someone along the way.One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now.

[Guest guest]

crumbs.

It's a business empire, though. It mentions here

http://autism.about.com/b/2007/06/05/james-mulvaney-blogs-about-autism-

speaks-do-you-agree.htm

" it has also aquired and incorporated almost every significant autism

research foundation in the United States. " That is what gets you UN

recognition, even if there is well-organised opposition. Whose votes

is the UN accountable to for its choices of NGOs?

[Guest guest]

> crumbs.

>

> It's a business empire, though. It mentions here

>

> http://autism.about.com/b/2007/06/05/james-mulvaney-blogs-about-

> autism-

> speaks-do-you-agree.htm

>

> " it has also aquired and incorporated almost every significant autism

> research foundation in the United States. "

Yep. They're the Borg of the Autism community.

> That is what gets you UN

> recognition, even if there is well-organised opposition. Whose votes

> is the UN accountable to for its choices of NGOs?

I'm unsurprised to be honest. The UN hasn't been an organization to

help people for quite some time. It's has acted more on business

interests or on the basis of political gain for one country or

another for as long as I can remember.

--

Mike

In the end the journey only matters if you've helped someone along

the way.

[Guest guest]

Extremely :-( what about the 'Autism Speaks doesn't speak for me'

petition, did it not count for anything? - I throw my hands up in

despair :-(

>

>

> This is what happens when Autistics who CAN speak do not take the

time

> to make their voices heard.

>

> http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/united_nations_ngo_dpi.php

> <http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/united_nations_ngo_dpi.php>

>

> Autism Speaks Named Official Non-Governmental Organization

Associated

> with the United Nations Department of Public Information

>

> NEW YORK, NY (December 18, 2008) – Autism Speaks, the world's

> largest autism advocacy organization, has been officially

designated a

> non-governmental organization (NGO) associated with the United

Nations

> Department of Public Information (DPI). This new designation will

enable

> Autism Speaks to reach a new global audience in its efforts to

promote

> the dignity, equal rights, social progress and better standards of

life

> for individuals with autism. As the DPI's first and only associated

> organization devoted to autism, Autism Speaks is committed to

increasing

> autism awareness and recognition, service delivery and research

> collaboration around the world.

>

> Autism Speaks has worked closely with the DPI/NGO section since June

> 2007, participating in two DPI briefing events regarding autism. The

> idea for an international day for autism was first proposed at one

of

> these briefings, and just a few months later, the UN General

Assembly

> adopted Resolution 62/139 designating April 2 as World Autism

Awareness

> Day (WAAD) in perpetuity. Autism Speaks provided critical support

to the

> State of Qatar, under the leadership of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah

Bint

> Nasser Al-Missned, in its initiative to make WAAD possible. The

> inaugural WAAD was celebrated in over 40 countries on six

continents and

> received extensive media coverage, bringing the message of autism

> awareness to hundreds of millions of people around the world. The

second

> World Autism Awareness Day will be marked on April 2, 2009.

>

> " Autism is a disorder that affects families of all nationalities and

> ethnicities, and it is imperative that autism advocacy and research

> efforts transcend borders as well, " said Suzanne , Autism

> Speaks co-founder. " We are very grateful to the United Nations

> Department of Public Information for this recognition, and for the

> opportunity to play a central role in meeting the challenges of this

> global health crisis. "

>

> According to the United Nations, an NGO is a " not-for-profit,

> voluntary citizens group, which is organized on a local, national or

> international level to address issues in support of the public good.

> Task-oriented and made up of people with common interests, NGOs

perform

> a variety of services and humanitarian functions, bring citizens'

> concerns to governments, monitor policy and program implementation,

and

> encourage participation of civil society stakeholders at the

community

> level. " As an associated NGO, Autism Speaks will be committed to

> participating in UN/DPI organized briefings and events; to

disseminating

> information about autism and the work of the United Nations both

locally

> and worldwide; and to engaging the participation of all levels of

> society to bring hope to individuals and families affected by

autism.

>

> Autism Speaks' application for NGO status was supported by the

Eunice

> Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development

> (NICHD) of the United States' National Institutes of Health (NIH)

and

> the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

(CIHR).

>

[Guest guest]

> The UN really isn't even that dignified. Since the beginning, the

> UN has primarily been an engine to stifle Western opposition to

> Russian and other communist countries advances. Beyond that, the UN

> has been an ATM for corrupt regimes in the Third World to gobble up

> money that vanishes into the leader's secret bank accounts and food

> and development aid is stolen for those same leaders and their

> cronies. The UN has also devoted a great deal of energy into

> bashing the US since its inception.

Yep. They didn't seem to even make a big fuss when Myanmar seized

the shipments to the cyclone victims:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/asia/10myanmar.html

And those people (similar to the Katrina victims in the US) still are

in need of more help:

http://shorterlink.org/4443

> That they like Autism Speaks shouldn't be a surprise. It is a

> fellow corrupt organization. Autism Speaks has gobbled up most of

> the Autism research groups, just like the UN wants to gobble up all

> the nations in a world government.

Yep. Like I said - Borg. Unfortunately the only way to remove such

entities is to choke them off from their funding (tough to do) or to

poison them from the inside (almost impossible and unethical in my

opinion).

> There is no real way to tell just how many autistics Autism Speaks

> actually can claim to represent. That is really immaterial,

> however, since they control so much and have so much PR. It is a

> matter of perception, they claim that they do and they are in

> everyone's face, so it is hard to deny them.

What they need is an exposé done on them that shows all the internal

workings and how much goes two whom. Unfortunately they're large

enough that would just cut off one head of the hydra so to speak.

> PS: Sorry for the attitude. I've been following this bailout

> nonsense with the banks and the car companies and now developers

> have their hands out. Comparing it to history and seeing how

> corrupt this whole mess is is driving me nuts.

Bailout nonsense is correct - they should be bailing out the people

in debt, shackling the business/government people who created this

mess, then doing a " reverse midas " on all these golden parachutes.

On top of all that a lot of the safeguards for consumers/people that

were gutted by these Suits need to be put back in place. They're

trying to do that with some of the credit card stuff now but it's not

being retroacted to current loans and thus is not nearly as useful as

it could be.

--

Mike

In the end the journey only matters if you've helped someone along

the way.

[Guest guest]

wrote: " ... <snip> ... what about the 'Autism Speaks doesn't

speak for me' petition, did it not count for anything? - I throw my

hands up in despair ... <snip> ... "

Perhaps we will see an Ari Ne'eman campaign to the United Nations

addressing this situation?

Raven

[Guest guest]

>

>

> > crumbs.

> >

> > It's a business empire, though. It mentions here

> >

> > http://autism.about.com/b/2007/06/05/james-mulvaney-blogs-about-

> > autism-

> > speaks-do-you-agree.htm

> >

> > " it has also aquired and incorporated almost every significant

autism

> > research foundation in the United States. "

>

so this is Christmas, To me this is just another example of people

making themselves feel better by saying; see we care about the poor

unfortunates, without caring, or thinking. This is not a thoughtful

heartfelt move. It is grandstanding, chestbeating, look at me

stuff. Look I am good Look I am powerful and look at me I can

subjugate you.

Just more junk

[Guest guest]

The UN (and the foreign policy of many nations, especially including the US) in recent years has dismayed me, particularly with the Security Council. It gets really frustrating when people start saying, " Oh, sorry, perhaps millions have been killed, but that isn't a genocide... " , " it's not in the national interest " , or other such fiction that happens to be politic at the moment. " Oh, sorry... It's horrible, but they are selling oil half price, so we'll veto anything condemning them! " (China and Russia).