An Excellent Week For Autism Advocacy! Suzanne Wright Speaks Out and John Elder Robison Resigns

Thank You Suzanne Wright!It was a good week for reality based autism advocacy for two reasons. First, I was very encouraged by Suzanne Wright's very honest description of the many challenges facing persons with autism disorders and their families in Autism Speaks to Washington - A Call for Action. Second I was very pleased to see John Elder Robison, an extremely high functioning and very successful, free ranging Aspie, who refuses to acknowledge that autism is a disorder that should be cured, resign all his positions with Autism Speaks.  It appears that Autism Speaks may be abandoning its attempts to mollify the Neurodiversity ideologues that have caused so much harm to those with severe autism disorders. Hopefully its fund raising expertise can now be used to encourage the research necessary to help all persons with autism disorders and to develop national autism strategies to implement evidence based autism interventions in the US ... and in Canada.I encourage everyone who actually cares about helping persons with autism disorders to read Suzanne Wrights powerful article in full.  I am very impressed with her courage in speaking so openly and honestly about the realities faced by many with autism disorders, their families and caregivers:"Each day across this country, those three million moms, dads and other care-takers I mentioned wake to the sounds of their son or daughter bounding through the house. That is - if they aren’t already awake. Truth be told, many ...
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