@emily_rugburn @Energetic_Nova @pathfinder @autistics The joint statement by #AutismSpeaks with #ASAN against #BrainWormsJr was indeed remarkable. It's been compared to a hypothetical scenario where Bernie Sanders and Marjorie Taylor Greene issue a joint statement on something (anything!). The clear genocidal implications of RFKJr's thinking must have been too much even for #AutismSpeaks. Despite the #filicidal overtones of their philosophy, no doubt most of them would balk at a thinly veiled program of mass murder.

But have they fundamentally changed? Not a chance. A quick glance at their site turned up a "2025 Advocacy Highlights" page in which the "Healthcare access and affordability" section lauds increased insurance coverage for #ABA — "Applied Behavior Analysis". That's still their idea of how we should be dealt with.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/advocacy-news/2025-advocacy-highlights

@pathfinder @Energetic_Nova @autistics There's even an impulse toward #filicide in these "severe autism" groups, that occasionally surfaces openly. They released a ghastly film in 2006 called "Autism Every Day", in which #AlisonSinger — who has occupied prominent roles in both #AutismSpeaks (which released the film) and #NCSA — admitted to fantasies of driving off a bridge with her #autistic daughter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Every_Day