The War Against Compassion (Open Letter)

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The War Against Compassion (Open Letter)

We are told by some we just want others to feel sorry for us. That our parents

brought us around town for others to feel sorry for us and that people just pity

us. That when people care their intents are pity. I have discovered why these

kinds of perceptual manipulations and bullying happen in the autism community. I

believe it comes down to abortion politics and compassion has been made into one

grand conspiracy to rid the earth of people like me.

The group I am most upset with is called the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

(ASAN) who for years has protested and electronically confronted groups and

individuals in very confrontational ways. Even some calling nice people Nazi's

while claiming people with autism are like Jewish people. I like WWII history

and some of this nonsense is to me beyond ridiculous. Every American has the

right to freedom of speech and having grown up in a military family moving

around the country I not only respect those rights but have the philosophy that

someone may say something I disagree with but I'd defend their right to say it.

I'm writing to tell you today that ASAN has not earned my trust. And they are

not a diverse group of self-advocates and only project views filtered by its

ideological leadership. A leadership that freely accuses others and horribly

contrives compassion into simple pity by otherwise caring people to get

attention. A leadership that has used selective abortion politics to create

waves of awareness in ways that I believe are not ethical when combining other

issues and alienates the quality of lives of other people for the sake of pride

and conspiracy. Effective enough in their tactics they gained a government seat

as what elected figures will do at times to ease tensions is to nominate an

individual. Demanding from the tax-paying public in protests services money

while accusing others of abortion.

People are in need of help and I appreciate the services I receive and do not

support ASAN in their approach as I believe it to be highly irresponsible and

unprofessional. Helping people cannot and should not be achieved with these

unethical approaches and demands. When awareness was created about autism

isolation they fueled their pride base to simply make it out to be one grand

insult and discrimination. Awareness can be done differently especially when

people talk things through but they made no attempt in media interviews to help

those isolated but in bitterness and in their consistent path of despondent

accord made no compromise for those who experience isolation. Pride leadership

to me seems very self-centered at times and manipulative.

Popular autism pride leadership has thus far been reckless and when opportunity

has come about in key moments for inspiring leadership for the truth and balance

they failed miserably. How much longer must the Autism Community be in this

context polarized by a few who will imagine into the intents of others to gain

attention and power for the sake of other kinds of politics like abortion and

false beliefs projected into others as facts simple because they say so. I for

one am fed up with it and would like the opportunity to tell others people in

the media and advocacy groups to empower different and diverse voices in the

self and otherwise general advocacy community.

Sincerely,

Young