Autism Speaks

Autism speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright. Their earlier groups were Cure Autism Now (founded in 1995)^[1] and the National Alliance for Autism Research (founded in 1994).

Autism Speaks is a controversial network. It used to view autism as a disease, which caused controversy in the autistic community.^[2] Autism is not a disease, which is why it upset many people. Autism Speaks has also said that it's possible to cure autism,^[3] which we know is not true. There is no cure for autism.

Autism Speaks Media

On April 2, 2013, the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium with Nieuwerck [nl] was lit up blue for the World Autism Awareness Day.
The White House lit in blue in honor of World Autism Awareness Day, 2017
The #REDInstead movement is a response to Autism Speaks' Light It Up Blue campaign by neurodiversity advocates critical of the organization.

References

↑ Autism Speaks Completes MergerAutism Speaks. Retrieved Sep 8, 2016.
↑ Autism Debate Strains a Family and its CharityNew York Times. Retrieved Sep 8, 2016.
↑ Cushman, Olivia (Liv). The Autist Papers: The problem with Autism Speaks. Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2024-10-21.

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[1] Autism Speaks Completes MergerAutism Speaks. Retrieved Sep 8, 2016.

[2] Autism Debate Strains a Family and its CharityNew York Times. Retrieved Sep 8, 2016.

[3] Cushman, Olivia (Liv). The Autist Papers: The problem with Autism Speaks. Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2024-10-21.

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