Christmassy science fiction ebook to benefit Autism Speaks, in memory of teacher killed at Newton

[MarjaE]

“Autism Speaks” isn’t interested in trying to help autistic people; it is interested in trying to help eliminate autistic people. Subversivemom ma already linked to the statement from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, but I’ll quote:

Autism Speaks has promoted the Judge Rotenberg Center, a Massachusetts facility under Department of Justice and FDA investigation for the use of painful electric shock against its students. The Judge Rotenberg Center’s methods have been deemed torture by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and are currently the subject of efforts by the Massachusetts state government and disability rights advocates to shut the facility down. Despite this, Autism Speaks has allowed the Judge Rotenberg Center to recruit new admissions from families seeking resources at their fundraising walks. We believe this is not the type of action you anticipated when you agreed to provide support to Autism Speaks events.

I don’t think you would support torture camps to turn lgb and/or t kids cishet, so why support torture centers to turn autistic kids allistic?