Comments on: The Voices

By: The Advanced Soul

The Advanced Soul — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:05:49 +0000

Is it just me, or has Larry King had like 5 heart attacks and 5 divorces. I guess that’d be a broken heart for each.

By: Autism Vox » I speak of autism

Autism Vox » I speak of autism — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:08:42 +0000

[...] Just around the time that Autism Vox was launched, Shaun at Along the Spectrum posted about The Voices. The Autism Society of America designating itself as “The Voice of Autism.” prompted this response: [...]

By: Iberius

Iberius — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:44:35 +0000

What else do you expect from ASA.

ASA and groups like them (generation rescue, DAN! CAN! etc.) are extrodinarly arrogant.

After all they know the ‘holy truth’ that autism is caused by vacines.

ASA does more harm than good, but what do you think would happens when an adovcacy group contains people who are mostly not autistic.

I mean do you think Martin Luther King would have make much of a mark if he were white.

By: Larry Welkowitz

Larry Welkowitz — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:24:04 +0000

You are right on about this one. Even if ASA does a lot of good, we always have to be on guard since the big “patient advocacy organizations” are always influenced by political forces and, at times, drug company money.

By: Wade Rankin

Wade Rankin — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:14:34 +0000

I think it’s fair to say that the ASA has, at times, managed to alienate otherwise disparate groups in the autism community. That is a shame, as they could do so much. Your suggested slogan would certainly signal a welcome attitude change.

By: Bonnie Ventura

Bonnie Ventura — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:33:05 +0000

Yes, it's a very obnoxious slogan. When the activists at autistics.org found out about it, they were so annoyed that they changed their own slogan to "The Real Voice of Autism."

By: Bronwyn G

Bronwyn G — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:37:46 +0000

I agree.

Autism has many many voices of all sorts of shapes and colours.

People don’t think sometimes, do they?