The Woman in Purple ([info]rainbow_goddess) wrote in [info]asperger,
2008-01-21 17:13:00
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Autism speaks sues autistic person

According to this discussion board post, Autism Speaks is suing an Aspie teenager over a parody site called something like "NT Speaks." They claim that the parody site cost them a million dollars in donations. Boy, if one site can cost Autism Speaks a million dollars, let's hear it for parodies!
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[info]lastres0rt

January 22 2008, 01:22:45 UTC 4 years ago

Oh wow, we better not let them see the "Cure Neurotypicals Now" mirror we've been maintaining for a while...

[info]conuly

January 22 2008, 01:37:01 UTC 4 years ago

A million?

Gee. I wonder how much my burning hatred costs them. Every day I wake up, I don't donate them any money. Sooner or later, it has to add up to a million, right?

[info]dreamingcanyon

January 22 2008, 01:42:24 UTC 4 years ago

The lawsuit has now been dropped, apparently. I still don't see how Autism Speaks would have had a case anyway, since I thought parody was protected under the law.

Surprised to see this was greenlighted on Fark...

[info]lordalfredhenry

January 22 2008, 05:24:05 UTC 4 years ago

Autism Speaks, a charity that claims to speak for autistic people sues 14-year-old autistic kid when she starts a parody website about autistic people being able to speak for themselves. K-Mart sucks

Close? The irony is blinding!

Should definitely countersue for the downtime of the website and damages.

[info]sapphoq

January 22 2008, 01:53:27 UTC 4 years ago

here's a bit


Someone on the freedom board registered two domains and they redirect to this page here:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/ntspeaks/

Bravo for them and thumbs down to autism squeaks for trying to sue an autistic child!

spike

[info]sym_chaos

January 22 2008, 01:55:11 UTC 4 years ago

Lost millions? Serves them right. Especially if they're hypocritical enough to sue an autistic kid.

[info]cluelessinchi

January 22 2008, 02:05:10 UTC 4 years ago

I just do not get how they could have proven that. Actually it is press for the site called NT Speaks. So many who had never heard of that site now have. This silly law suite save the teen lots of money and time. Very odd indeed!

[info]perhin

January 22 2008, 03:10:14 UTC 4 years ago

Bullshit.

That's all I have to say.

-Perhin

[info]fraarn

January 22 2008, 10:08:24 UTC 4 years ago

Doesnt surprise me at all. Autism speak is a business, and as such all they care about is money.

[info]precious_muse

January 22 2008, 13:38:00 UTC 4 years ago

How ironic. They won't let autism speak for real.

[info]sym_chaos

January 22 2008, 20:32:19 UTC 4 years ago

Wow. That deserves a poster or something.

[info]jogamatic

January 22 2008, 23:18:39 UTC 4 years ago

Autism Speaks*



*with permission only

[info]ascian

January 22 2008, 23:48:47 UTC 4 years ago

*when spoken to, or else

[info]xkateinjapanx

January 23 2008, 02:34:01 UTC 4 years ago

*as long as they want to be cured

[info]lordalfredhenry

January 23 2008, 05:30:18 UTC 4 years ago

*when paid for by these sponsors: (scroll)

[info]dazed_girl

January 22 2008, 21:15:52 UTC 4 years ago

Wow, how sad, lol. Hopefully they will be able to fight back because that's ridiculous.

[info]sym_chaos

January 23 2008, 01:20:28 UTC 4 years ago

Posted some stuff about this on another forum. It's not just us aspies that think they're nuts.

[info]notuntill

January 23 2008, 22:20:55 UTC 4 years ago

How fucking ironic that these people enrich themselves with millions of dollars through donations from spreading the fear that autistic children will never maintain a good job! It is the same lie of neoliberalism all over again.

[info]androgy8

January 24 2008, 03:21:43 UTC 4 years ago

I can't believe the irony. To call a site "Autism Speaks" and then threaten to sue an autistic child for speaking.

"You may speak, but only if we like what you have to say."

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