tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post5650318336746531041..comments2023-12-29T04:36:07.964-04:00Comments on Square 8: For YouBevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766614739853100172noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-30311505353764686042009-10-04T12:16:31.765-04:002009-10-04T12:16:31.765-04:00@Hopeful: I don't blame you at all for wanting...@Hopeful: I don't blame you at all for wanting to protect your autistic child from this offensive video. I explained why <a href="http://generationyidealism.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-i-along-with-lot-of-people-am-so.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I myself am afraid that one of my younger autistic brothers will find the video and develop a low self esteem because of it. In addition, I am afraid that my younger non-autistic brother will find it and develop ablist thoughts towards his own older siblings.<br />In the post, there is also an explanation of how "autism awareness" propaganda ruins lives. The example is from an experience of mine from 2001, before Autism Speaks came into existence, but the experience I had can still be had today, frighteningly. I was fearing for my life and thought I was going to die from autism before I grew to adulthood. In addition, I developed a low self-esteem from the ablist attitudes that my peers developed from being around such propaganda.TheWiredOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603161451462354948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-39874835323497814062009-10-04T09:11:47.183-04:002009-10-04T09:11:47.183-04:00Bev,
I am right there with you on the Autism Speak...Bev,<br />I am right there with you on the Autism Speaks video. I think it's awful and I would never want my child with autism to see it, lest he think he is the problem causing all that doom and gloom. He's not - he's the best thing that ever happened to me.<br /><br />But I do want to understand something from your point of view: you said Autism Speaks is making your life harder ... Can you explain a little more about that or point me to a post where you explain that? I get it that they do not represent adults with autism nor have any representation on their board. I disagree with them about a lot of things. But I want to hear how they make life harder for you specifically. Thank you for your time and help.Hopefulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-16769995290586527702009-10-02T11:00:35.359-04:002009-10-02T11:00:35.359-04:00ASpieboy,
Thank you for the reminder. I was a bit...ASpieboy,<br /><br />Thank you for the reminder. I was a bit behind on that detail, but I have sent it now.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766614739853100172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-21928256264439743192009-10-02T07:44:42.217-04:002009-10-02T07:44:42.217-04:00The Boss would be honored by this post. ;)The Boss would be honored by this post. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-63539200416121867222009-10-02T05:40:19.986-04:002009-10-02T05:40:19.986-04:00This is great Bev. Really beautiful.
I'm c...This is great Bev. Really beautiful. <br /><br />I'm confused why someone else's vid needs to be pushed here? This work of Bev's is beautiful and is what is being discussed. If Springsteen watches that vid instead, he'll think he's looking at an audition tape for models in his next music video. Considering it contains actors who are representing a PR/media org. Very confusing. <br /><br />(apologies/frustrated)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-63090855719519146272009-10-01T19:43:13.254-04:002009-10-01T19:43:13.254-04:00Hi! I gave you an award on my blog! Go here to che...Hi! I gave you an award on my blog! Go here to check it out: http://littlebearsworld.typepad.com/1/2009/10/when-life-hands-you-lemons.html I don't know if you're even interested in that sort of thing, but I thought you deserved an award! ;)Nickihttp://littlebearsworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-54719186093104440842009-10-01T16:46:48.472-04:002009-10-01T16:46:48.472-04:00@evonne: It is a sad thing that Bruce Springsteen ...@evonne: It is a sad thing that Bruce Springsteen is going to collaborate with Autism Speaks. But I really love the Shakespeare reference in your title!TheWiredOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603161451462354948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-57145789382445971592009-10-01T12:42:20.949-04:002009-10-01T12:42:20.949-04:00Hmmm...I got a File Not Found message on that link...Hmmm...I got a File Not Found message on that link, Evonne. Could you run it through tinyurl and try it again?Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766614739853100172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-15787003680683159862009-10-01T12:37:23.475-04:002009-10-01T12:37:23.475-04:00My psychic ass saw this coming. Seriously. Before ...My psychic ass saw this coming. Seriously. Before it happened. I even envisioned a headline: Et Tu, Bruce?<br /><br />Summer's long, but I guess it ain't very sweet around here anymore.<br /><br />It's this sort of thing that may give you some insight into why my politics are as they are. And no longer as they were.<br /><br />http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/focus/liberals0104.htmlevonnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-45796444731358591252009-10-01T10:32:28.094-04:002009-10-01T10:32:28.094-04:00For too long now we have witnessed big media, Holl...For too long now we have witnessed big media, Hollywood celebrities with personal agendas, and organizations with political motivations claim ownership of the conversation within the autism community. This has been to the detriment & exploitation of autistics, their families, and the general population. (via Rethinking Autism.com)<br /><br />Thank you for writing this open letter Bev. As an autistic adult as well as parenting a son on the autism spectrum, I have been disheartened on numerous occasions with respect to how Autism Speaks portrays the ENTIRE autism spectrum as hopeless & pathetic.<br /><br />I invite Bruce Springsteen to watch this video produced by Dana Commandatore of Rethinking Autism before going through with his plans to support Autism Speaks: http://www.rethinkingautism.com/RethinkingAutism/Newest_Video.html<br /><br />Again, thank you Bev, well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205160775713074869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-52374674703418867642009-10-01T10:03:19.553-04:002009-10-01T10:03:19.553-04:00Wonderfully expressed Bev.Wonderfully expressed Bev.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732095611947394379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-70186807879749085592009-09-30T17:24:56.486-04:002009-09-30T17:24:56.486-04:00Yes, yes, yes. Invisibility really is safer someti...Yes, yes, yes. Invisibility really is safer sometimes, but others don't really try to see us whether we're trying to be invisible or not.<br /><br />Thank you for this, and for all of your other posts and videos.<br /><br />LittlewolfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-29909838799784513222009-09-30T17:10:20.245-04:002009-09-30T17:10:20.245-04:00I can't say anything. This post is simply perf...I can't say anything. This post is simply perfect.<br /><br />Just to be sure, you ARE sending this to him, right?ASpieboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299629515371929590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-60963727497928162542009-09-30T16:20:57.360-04:002009-09-30T16:20:57.360-04:00really beautiful post. thank you.really beautiful post. thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-10679373089202202542009-09-29T17:44:57.261-04:002009-09-29T17:44:57.261-04:00This post made me cry. I really hope Bruce Springs...This post made me cry. I really hope Bruce Springsteen reads it and changes his mind.TheWiredOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603161451462354948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-91327614524119562372009-09-29T15:12:57.634-04:002009-09-29T15:12:57.634-04:00This is the most powerful post I've seen addre...This is the most powerful post I've seen addressed to Springsteen.<br /><br />If there is one post he should read, this would be it.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />JoeClub 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-70521449343762901992009-09-29T14:30:22.693-04:002009-09-29T14:30:22.693-04:00Wonderful Bev, so moving and heartfelt and true. I...Wonderful Bev, so moving and heartfelt and true. I cannot imagine some like Springsteen supporting such a hateful organisation as Autism Speaks, it's just not in keeping with the words he's written, the songs he's sung.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-7653411718840747152009-09-29T14:22:52.004-04:002009-09-29T14:22:52.004-04:00You made me weep with your eloquence.
Thank you.You made me weep with your eloquence.<br /><br />Thank you.Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-35339799842095754382009-09-29T12:52:54.457-04:002009-09-29T12:52:54.457-04:00So very well written... I hope he reads it.So very well written... I hope he reads it.abfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-66314387281706194952009-09-29T12:08:47.797-04:002009-09-29T12:08:47.797-04:00The video is so different without the sound. In d...The video is so different without the sound. In different hands, it could so easily have been framed to talk about <i>people</i> instead of bogeymen, and about the power of community, and about hope for building a better world -- together.<br /><br />Thanks for another eloquent post (I've been lurking for a while.)JoyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073328328434957851noreply@blogger.com