But they don't listen to real autistic people. For some reason people and big companies support them despite AS' fuckups. Probably blackmail or some shit.
One time I went to a TJ Maxx and on the intercom an employee said that 50% of purchases were going to be donated to Autism Speaks. I left immediately to Target. The store sucked anyways.
A corrupt and hateful organization that views autism as a disease that needs to be cured, in which close-minded moms will end up pouring massive amounts of money into in order to make their children "the perfect child." They view autistic people as sub-humans who are incapable of love and affection, in which they'll end up using torturous methods such as ABA therapy to convert them to acting "normal." This is a pure example of corporate greed as they are using fear mongering techniques in order to gain as much money as possible even though less than 10% of all the money they receive actually goes to helping the families themselves. There's a reason why so many autistics (including me) heavily despise Autism Speaks and that's because they aren't even listening to the actual autistic people themselves. Instead, They decide to listen to the parents, who are often too ignorant to understand how we actually feel.