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Bob Wright snubs autistic adults, the same group who live in poverty

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

The New York Post reported on Autism Speaks founder Bob Wright having a grumpy slap at adult autistic people who were protesting the fact that Autism Speaks still has no autistic representation on its Board. Bob Wright had harsh words for protesters who tried to muck up the A-list benefit concert he put on at [...]

Posted in ASAN, Adults, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Speaks, Bob Wright, Civil Rights, Epidemiology, Jake Crosby, Parenting, Vaccines | 71 Comments »

Eric London resigns from Autism Speaks

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Dr. Eric London has resigned from Autism Speaks. I read his resignation letter a while back, but I held off blogging it until I could confirm it was legitimate. This letter is taken from the Autism Science Foundation blog. After three years of great hopes for Autism Speaks being the optimal vehicle to advance autism [...]

Posted in Advocacy, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, Bob Wright, Orgs | 14 Comments »

IACC Plan has no vaccines, Alison Singer resigns from Autism Speaks

Friday, January 16th, 2009

There was just no way I could listen in to the last IACC meeting. I have been keeping up with all the meetings, but yesterday it was not to be. I knew it was going to be big, but it was way big. David Kirby tipped the hand when he blogged about how the Strategic [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Speaks, Bob Wright, David Kirby | 38 Comments »

Autism Speaks endorsed by the United Nations

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Its no secret that whilst there are many supporters in the US of Autism Speaks, there are equally as many who are not that keen in both the US and the rest of the world. I’m of the ‘not that keen’ persuasion personally. I think their history of attempting to silence that voices of autistic [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Speaks, Bob Wright, Suzanne Wright | 25 Comments »