I lied, my last post was the *penultimate* ThinkGeek update.

[cactus_rs]

This is the final one. Quoting from their blog (for those of you who don't follow it):

"And we have a follow up to last month's autism charity donation. Thanks to all who recommended the Autistic Self Advocacy Network for future support, we reached out to a local Northern Virginia chapter, who put us in touch with ASAN's president, Ari Ne'eman

Comments

[nekusagi]

This is the way I think we should deal with any business that supports AS- not a "this place is BAD BAD BAD, don't shop there" approach, but by letting them know there are alternatives. This simply proves my point too. I think most corporations have their hearts in the right place, but are unaware there are better charities to give their support to.

[cactus_rs]

Exactly. It's also a question of visibility-the more visible any organization is, the less time you have to devote to finding them. And when you're a PR monkey with a million things to do and finding an autism-related non-profit is just one of them, well...I think we all know what the most visible autism non-profit is.

[mysticsong]

I wrote to them, but I can't remember what sort of response I received, probably because it didn't really wow me. If I find it, I'll share their response.

[luminousmotion]

I wrote and posted the response I received a while back. Now that april's over I can go buy a hoodie from them.