They’re just pretty shitty as an organization. Very focused on the neurotypical parents of autistic children, very cure-oriented, no autistic people involved in their decisionmaking, they spread harmful memes about nasty “treatments” and have a history of spending way too much time looking into vaccines on a cause. Most autistic people don’t like ’em, is the short version. Googling “autism speaks criticism” or similar will get you lots of specificity.
They’re just pretty shitty as an organization. Very focused on the neurotypical parents of autistic children, very cure-oriented, no autistic people involved in their decisionmaking, they spread harmful memes about nasty “treatments” and have a history of spending way too much time looking into vaccines on a cause. Most autistic people don’t like ’em, is the short version. Googling “autism speaks criticism” or similar will get you lots of specificity.
Thanks for the info. I didn’t know they were anti-vaxxers.