Email from Generation Rescue (Jenny McCarthy's group)?!
Did anyone else receive an email from Generation Rescue? One just landed in my inbox. I'm a member of a few autism-related yahoo groups, as well as a new member of autism.change.org. I'm really curious as to how Generation Rescue got my email address. Obviously, they thought I had an interest in autism, (or, more likely, some random software linked
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Exactly! The autism research funding "pie" cannot be that big, so I wish a bigger slice was allotted to finding optimum services, education programs, therapies, etc.
I wonder, do I sound like an activist? I don't really think I am one--not yet, anyway. This is all so new to me. I had no idea that I was autistic until two years ago, and, I sheepishly admit, I was little interested in autism until it directly concerned me. I also know that I am heavily influenced now by the writings and speeches of leaders in the neurodiversity movement. "Influenced", yes, but I don't think I'm just parroting (this stems from questions I've been asking myself).
Stereotyping, dehumanization, propaganda, lack of interest in and concern for the wants and needs of individuals--these are things that always get me riled up, no matter what the issue, whether it concerns me directly or not. Media depiction of autistics (especially in fictional media) is a growing interest of mine. I think, somehow, that a critical lack of accurate portraits of autistics in the public's consciousness...is a reason for the lack of interest in and lack of support for research into services and improvement in quality of life. It's like autistic people aren't members of society. They're only "stolen children", so their parents are the ones whose needs to be met.
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Yes, I agree with you. Very well said.
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