27 September, 2009

Autism Speaks Says: People With Autism Cannot Speak For Themselves

So this Autism Speaks video, made by once-awesome director Alfonso Cuaron and talentless hack "singer-songwriter" Billy Mann, is REALLY problematic and upsetting.



Yeah, implying that autism is always dangerous and horrible and will ruin your family and bankrupt you, and that your child who has autism is not really a person, but has been "taken over" by the condition...that's a great strategy.

It's fairly telling that the children and families shown in this video do not get to speak for themselves; nope, the creepy man-voice of "autism" speaks for them--as does this "charitable" organization.

I'd heard several times that Autism Speaks was/is fucking sketchy, but this is beyond the pale. Tigtog has more on this and why it is problematic.

2 comments:

belledame222 said...

Oh fuck, I missed that that was Cuaron the first time somehow. Well, that blows.

belledame222 said...

Oh fuck, I missed that that was Cuaron the first time somehow. Well, that blows.