Aspies For Freedom

"I'm in Here" - Anthem for Autism

It isn't very apparent at the beginning, but as you look at the screen as the song goes on, you'll notice that this is, indeed a curebie song.

So, aside from just your opinion, please tell me what you think would be a suitable anthem for Autism.

Not bad, not bad. I, actually, have several good 'anthems'.

One of them is 'Come What(ever) May' by Stone Sour. Even though it was originally written as a song criticizing the Bush Administration, I can see where it could be used to criticize the Pro-Cure Community.

Lyrics:
Can you take away every single day?
That we have given to another false prophet
Can you give us all a reason not to fall?
Before you take away another broken promise

Show your pretty face
Hide the bitter taste
You're still the rapist of an entire nation
You wanna be the man you gotta be a man
But you were nothing but a sad insinuation
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?

Keep your fingers crossed
The truth is at a lost
Big decision for an ordinary coward
The only problem is your fucking rhetoric
We're more in danger then before you took power

Now it's just a game
God you'll never change
You'd sell us out if you could only find a buyer
You don't give a shit
As long as idiots
Are in your corner you could set us all on fire
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?

You never wanted to be
They only wanted a parody
You want the world to be free
But what the hell is free about it?!

Now we reached the end
Just get it over with
But this is building to an adament conclusion
Come what ever may
There's gonna be a day
When we have figured out a possible solution

Every thing you've done
Is killing everyone
A little smile on a homicidal bastard
You wanna be a man
You gotta have a plan
Another failure is a guarenteed disaster
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?
(Oooooh)
How can we ever live this down?

You never wanted to be
They only wanted a parody
You want the world to be free
She only wanted the world
You never wanted me
They only wanted a parody
You want the world to be free
But what the fuck is free about it?!
What the fuck is free about it?!
What the fuck is free about it?!

Stone Sour - 'Come What(ever) May'

I like twisted sister's 'we not going to take it' -Great choice - quite an inspiring song. Johnnie Farnham had a great voice - but his songs never appealed to me.

Welcome Smelena!!

I think the most suitable anthem for autism would be:
Across the Universe (John Lennon)
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Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

"I walk to my own song"  by Stratovarius
As featured on AutTV's soundtrack............

Am I missing something here, mckelvie2008?

As I read this thread, it seemed to me that it was the first song listed, "I'm in Here" - Anthem for Autism, that was accused by the OP of being 'curebie'.

Then it was suggested that we make a list of positive anthems for autism.

I thought Gareth was posting "I walk to my own song"  by Stratovarius as being in that positive list!

McKelvie 2008, how exactly are these parents trying to help their kids communicate? I would hope it is not through aversive therapies. I don't think adults with autism should be made to feel guilty about kids with severe autism. Just because a person such as Gareth is eloquent on a forum does not mean you can assume he is equally as comfortable with verbal skills in real life. Ditto with the rest of us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM

Great choice - I love this song!!

Oh - I just read your post.
There is much beauty in your song - I loved it.

But - there are senstivities here - and they are subtle - your song will hopefully do what I think you are aiming for - trying to draw attention to the condition and the struggle associated with autism.
You have done this through the beauty of music.

OK then. Would THIS count as curebie?

"Every time "I'm in Here" is played on the radio, royalties get paid for every spin. This money is deposited into funds that go directly to help fight autism. The more airplay the more money is raised."

If you're curious where I got this from, it was on the video for "I'm in Here". Look, the lyrics may not be curebie, but the way this song is being used IS.

I think I can safely say i'd rather not be associated with John Lennon, even though Yoko is still fairly fit nowerdays.

Sorry, I'm going to rant.

Why do parents always seem to think their assumptions about severely autistic children are correct. Surely it follows that someone who has autism and can articulate what it is like is far more likely to give an accurate insight into the experience of a child with severe autism than an NT parent who is imposing their own perceptions on them.

I have been in the past (during childhood) branded as 'severe' and 'low' functioning - as have a couple of my autistic friends. Although our parents took different approaches they all had the same goal in mind - to 'cure' us of whatever our problem was.

None of us was remotely helped by these attempts of our parents and actually it made us worse because it stripped us of self-comfort mechanisms (e.g. by punishing autistic behaviours such as stimming) and also ignored our pockets of ability and attempts at communication by ignoring and disregarding or even punishing them as they weren't NT standard communication and weren't considered valid.

Also, there was never any consideration of AAC - no; it was either speak or be ignored.

Sorry, going a bit off topic here but I do get fed up of parents saying they only want to help their child when this isn't necessarily the case! (or they are going about it the totally wrong way and totally disregard what other autistics have to say).

I re-read Jim Sinclair's 'Don't Mourn for Us' again the other day and read extracts of it at a seminar - it is wonderful!

As for a song - maybe Respect sung by Aretha Franklin!

I think "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam expresses much of what I feel that some autistic kids must feel having to put up with school.  It has some rather violent imagery that I don't want to put up.

Really good rant! Wonderful song choice as well.