Comments on: Vaccines on the Hill part 2 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2008/09/vaccines-on-the-hill-part-2/ Autism news and opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: isles http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2008/09/vaccines-on-the-hill-part-2/#comment-53366 isles Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:29:34 +0000 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=1410#comment-53366 She could have said more. Like that autistic people *don't* need the implication that they're walking Superfund sites. They don't need to be painted as a societal disaster. They don't need to be test subjects for every whacked-out new "therapy" to come down the pike. I'm really not sure autism awareness has been such a good thing, if what it's brought to autistic people is notoriety rather than offers of cooperation. She could have said more. Like that autistic people don’t need the implication that they’re walking Superfund sites. They don’t need to be painted as a societal disaster. They don’t need to be test subjects for every whacked-out new “therapy” to come down the pike.

I’m really not sure autism awareness has been such a good thing, if what it’s brought to autistic people is notoriety rather than offers of cooperation.

]]> By: abfh http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2008/09/vaccines-on-the-hill-part-2/#comment-53340 abfh Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:03:01 +0000 http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=1410#comment-53340 <i>one sentence in the letter above will be particularly targeted by some vaccine-autism advocacy groups</i> And particularly applauded by some autistic people. Thanks for reprinting it. one sentence in the letter above will be particularly targeted by some vaccine-autism advocacy groups

And particularly applauded by some autistic people. Thanks for reprinting it.

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