Comments on: Landmark autism law passed today

By: Don’t Write Me Off Campaign « No Stereotypes Here

Don’t Write Me Off Campaign « No Stereotypes Here — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:06:19 +0000

[...] As has been noted on lbrb, yesterday the landmark Autism Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords today to become [...]

By: SEO Services

SEO Services — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:34:30 +0000

I kinda lol’d at Autspks backing a bill supporting autistic adults.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:42:48 +0000

My thanks to all parties involved with creation and continued work on this bill. We need more definitive actions like this from the lawmakers in the U.S. and I hope this passage is noted by them. I realize this won’t fix things overnight, but the needs it will be helping to address are serious for those who are currently undersupported.

By: Corina Becker

Corina Becker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:46 +0000

Ah, thanks Mike. That’s what I was thinking when I looked at the site, but there wasn’t a lot of information.

The Employment and Support Allowance, from what it sounds like, reminds me of the Ontario Disability Support Program I’m on. The main goal of it is to support people with disabilities while trying to get them in the workforce as quickly as possible. At least, that’s what it feels like from my experience. Yet, I want to get a diploma for a job I think I’d be good at and will excel in, and I’m not supported for that, just basic needs. I guess I will have to apply for financial aid through the institutions.

Anyways.

The Don’t Write Me Off campaign sounds excellent. I’m trying to figure out how to support it from my end of across the ocean, so I think that I shall link to it on my blogs.

By: Irene Burton

Irene Burton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:56:40 +0000

Not going to get into a debate about the finer details of who backed the Autism Bill, just want to congratulate everyone involved in getting it through parliament, well done. Now, can we all roll our sleeves up and get behind the Don’t Write Me Off campaign?

By: Mike Stanton

Mike Stanton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:34:57 +0000

Corina,
I cannot help you with Autism Speaks Canada. If it is like the UK set upthen It is based on partnership with a local autism charity. But as the Canadian scene seems dominated by the movement towards normalization via intensive early intervention I would expect their version of Autism Speaks to look south of the border for inspiration and leadership from their American big brother. Not so shiny-done seems a very apt way of putting it.

By: Corina Becker

Corina Becker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:23:45 +0000

Congrads on the Autism Bill and soon-to-be Autism Act!

course, the question is whether we get the equivalent over here.

Gotta question though, about Autism Speaks; What about Autism Speaks Canada? From what I can tell from the website, it ain’t as shiny-done as the US site and other than the occasional walk, doesn’t seem too active.

By: Mike Stanton

Mike Stanton — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:09:31 +0000

Autism speaks UK funds research into biomedical causes and treatments. It is not necessarily pro-cure but it is not anti-cure either. Also biomedical does not mean DAN quackery. they are definitely not anti-vax. They fund real science. How relevant that science is to autism as it is lived I do not know. But I expect a certain Laurentius Rex will turn up in the comments any time to give his perspective.

By: NightStorm

NightStorm — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:47:35 +0000

Ah I see, I didn’t know this. So AutspksUK a different animal than AutSpksUS? That it has a different platform than the pro-cure and anti-vax bull than the American version?

By: Mike Stanton

Mike Stanton — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:18:33 +0000

nightStorm
Autism Speaks UK is not in the same as its US cousin and Steve Shirley is not Bob Wright. She knows about autistic adults. Her autistic son, Giles, died aged 35 in 1998. Dame Shirley has through the Shirley foundation committed £35 million to autism projects and her foundation is funding Autism Speaks UK until 2012.