I didn’t want to cook for myself tonight, but I read somewhere that the place I started ordering from is a sponsor of Autism Speaks.

Before placing the order, I tried to go on the AS website to check it out but I kept getting distracted by the stream of donation alerts that popped up at the bottom of the page.

It took me an additional five or so minutes to review their partnerships because it was so overstimulating.

  • gidEnglish
    23•6 months ago

    There are a lot of reasons, but I think this article does a good job of listing the main criticisms: https://www.themarysue.com/the-autism-speaks-controversy-explained/

    But in a nutshell:

    • They frame autism as a disease that needs curing
    • None of their board members are autistic
    • They spread fear and misinformation about autism
    • As a charity, embarrassingly little of their money goes to actually doing anything for autistic people