Fwd: Autism Speaks Censors ??

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Not to be controversial, since I know some think

Autism Speaks is great and some do not, I just thought

this was an interesting piece.

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In Their Own Words

By

http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/ownwords/intheirownwords_katie_wright.php

/Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are

those of the author

exclusively./

It has recently come to my attention that the

individual responsible for awareness and media

relations at Autism Speaks has been informing

journalists, on my behalf, that I do not wish to

comment on my son's autism. This was inappropriate of

her to do so because no one at

Autism Speaks was ever granted permission to act as my

representative, in accepting OR in declining

interviews. I have never purported to represent Autism

Speaks when I speak about my son, Christian Hildebrand

and my belief that an overzealous and unsafe

vaccination schedule triggered his autism and had

assumed they would

never falsely represent me.

However, when I recently read a cover story in

" Westport Magazine " featuring the amazing work of my

parents Bob and Suzanne , I was shocked to learn

that I had " declined to comment " about Christian's

autism.After a phone call with the magazine's editor I

was informed that, indeed, this individual at Autism

Speaks had both

declined to comment on my behalf and had never relayed

the journalists questions to me at all. Apparently,

this had been Autism Speaks' policy for some time.

I think that a big tent should mean big tent. The fact

that some individuals in this community are so fearful

of opposing points of view that they would actively

seek to silence others can only be interpreted as

insecurity in their beliefs. We are in the midst of a

catastrophe of unprecendented proportions. Autism is

steadily rising

and traditionally accepted points of view and

conventional research have yet to yield any

significant breakthroughs for our children living

today. We should be energetically exploring all

avenues of research and listening more to parental

accounts of regression,

illnesses, vaccine reactions, biomedical interventions

and yes, recovered children- not silencing those

voices.

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There is no such thing as " false hope " !

http://www.autismtreatmentcenter.org/

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What Matters?--SC Debate:

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speaking about Sen. said " ...he was the single

most optimistic person I'd ever known. He honestly believed that if people of

good will put their effort in something; if they worked hard enough, anything

was possible... "

In my heart, I believe that too!

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