Aspies For Freedom

I wouldn't doubt it. He's the same guy that thinks HIV can be transmitted just by walking by someone.

The answer is not to run away, the answer is to fix it, unless of course, you're a Jew and you're in Nazi Germany.

I pray to God that Hillary doesn't get nominated. If I'm stuck between having to choose for Hillary or McCain, I'm leaving the country.

I am beginning to wonder if declaring war on Iran back in 1979 wouldn't have forestalled some of our problems in the present: I mean, there are those on the Discovery Times channel who suggest on specials like Guests of the Allytollah that our hesitation during the Carter administration strengthened the resolve of later terrorists.  We would have had international law as an excuse in 1979 (to storm an embassy is an act of war).  I don't know, though.  Every flap of a butterfly's wings, a ripple effect, what would that have done to U.S.-Soviet history???

Clinton, even though I'm usually pretty liberal (and not only because of what she's said about autism, BTW).

The research is the bad side of Autism Speaks - or at least, the worst of many bad sides.

The "right sort of research" would be research into training programs, support services, etc - none of which Autism Speaks actually does. When Autism Speaks talks about research, they are generally talking about genetic research - i.e. pre-natal testing or "cure" research.

The bottom line is that Autism Speaks was set up to fund research into an autism cure, as, in their own words, "other autism related charities are solely focused on support services".

There is nothing salvageable about them, and no way to encourage their nonexistent "good qualities". The only ethical thing a politician could do with Autism Speaks is denounce them, or ignore them.

Anything less is not acceptable.

True - criticism has led them to do a few token things, but the large majority of their funding goes into research. After all, how much effort does it take to make a few phone calls to the store?

If they decided to abandon the majority of their work to concentrate on support services, then no problem - but their purpose, their reason to be, is to fund research into the cause of autism.