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"I Am Autism" -- Awareness video by Alfonso Cuarón -- "Ransom" Reprise

Remember the 2007  "Ransom notes" campaign, by the NYC child study center?  It looks like Autism Speaks didn't learn the lesson.  They commissioned director Alfonso Cuarón (who has a child with autism) to make an awareness and fundraising video.

Many people intensely dislike the video edited to add: I find it repulsive and offensive

    1. Cat in a Dog's World Autism Speaks & Alfonso Cuaron: Full of Fail
    2. Cat in a Dog's World I Am Autism & The Embarrassment Trope
    3. Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain Autism Speaks media campaign…I am autism
    4. Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain The Autism Speaks Bait and Switch with "I am Autism"
    5. Emily at A Life Less Ordinary: What if someone did this with, say, Down's Syndrome?
    6. Asperger's Square 8 Responding to "I Am Autism"
    7. AspieWeb "I am Pissed"
    8. Club 166 "When Will They Listen?"
    9. Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Northern Virginia: "Autism Speaks Gets It Wrong Again"

      I'll be updating this list as I find new links.  Thanks to friends who emailed and commented  -- list continues

        1. The Standard Review: Enemies of Autism Speaks
        2. Action for Autism (UK) Autism Speaks--The Sound and the Fury
        3. Codeman38 at LiveJournal Asperger's: Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
        4. Turner & Kowalski: I Am Autism Speaks
        5. Codeman 38 at Normal is Overrated: Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
        6. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms Open Letter To Geraldine Dawson
        7. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms Open Letter to Laurent Motton
        8. Autistic Self Advocacy Network, SW Ohio: Autistic Community Condemns Autism Speaks' "I Am Autism" Campaign.
        9. Rethinking Autism: Calling All Celebrities -- Please Stop Supporting Autism Speaks
        10. Autism Blogger: "Autism Speaks" again attacks autistics with neurodiversity insensitive advertisements
        11. Media Dis & Dat ASAN Protests New Autism Speaks Campaign, "I am Autism"
        12. Codeman38 at Daily Kos Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
        13. Cat in A Dog's World Harry Potter and the Bigoted Charity
        14. The New Republic Blog Autism Community Condemns Autism Speaks
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          Comments (1)

          Submitted by Club 166 (not verified) on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 6:53pm.

          Thanks for spreading the word.

          This is atrocious, and totally unacceptable.

          Joe

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