Aspies For Freedom

These are the dates so far for this year -

Cure Autism Now -
Los Angeles April 22, 2006

Atlanta May 6, 2006

Las Vegas May 13, 2006

Chicago May 21, 2006

Dallas June 3, 2006

New England June 17, 2006

Honolulu June 17, 2006

San Francisco June, 2006

Seattle September, 2006

New York September, 2006

San Diego September, 2006

Philadelphia September 30, 2006

Washington D.C. October, 2006

Houston October, 2006

Orange County November, 2006

Orlando November, 2006

Phoenix Fall, 2006

NAAR UK walk

Sunday, 2ND July 2006
The Great Park, Windsor

NAAR USA

Arizona Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 08, 2006

Palmdale Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 01, 2006

San Diego Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 11, 2006

Colorado Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   September 25, 2005

Greater Hartford Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 11, 2006

Westchester/Fairfield Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 4, 2006

Baltimore Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 4, 2006

National Capital Area Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, May 7, 2006

Broward County Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 22, 2006

Miami/Dade Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   October 23, 2005

Orlando Walk for Autism Research   April 29, 2006

Palm Beach Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   November 6, 2005

SW Florida Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   October 2, 2005

Iowa Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, June 10, 2006

Chicago Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, October 15, 2006

Cumberland Tri-State Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 8, 2006

National Capital Area Walk for Autism Research  Sunday, May 7, 2006

Greater Boston Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Sunday, September 25, 2005

Greater Hartford Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 11, 2006

Western New England Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, September 17, 2005

Southwest Missouri Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, September 24, 2005

St. Louis Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, October 15, 2005

West Plains Walk for Autism Research   September 16, 2006

Montana State Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 4, 2006

Northern New England Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Sunday, October 2, 2005

Gloucester County NJ Walk 2006 Walk for Autism Research   September 30, 2006

New Jersey Shore Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, September 30, 2006

Southern New Jersey Walk for Autism Research   June 10, 2006

Buffalo Niagara Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, September 24, 2005

Long Island Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Sunday, October 2, 2005

New York City Walk for Autism Research   Sunday, June 4, 2006

Rochester Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Sunday, September 25, 2005

Carolinas Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, October 8, 2005

Wheeling Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, June 17, 2006

Portland Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, September 9, 2006

Blair County Walk for Autism Research   June 10, 2006

Cumberland Tri-State Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 8, 2006

Laurel Highlands Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, May 20, 2006

Philadelphia Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, June 3, 2006

Southern New England Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Sunday, September 18, 2005

Greater Austin Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, March 11, 2006

North Texas Walk F.A.R. for NAAR   Saturday, September 24, 2005

West Texas Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, April 1, 2006

Burlington Walk for Autism Research   April 29, 2006

Seattle Walk for Autism Research   Saturday, June 11, 2006

I'm sure someone will be looking down from the Book Repository. :smile:

Trollette, we do have a sticky thread with guidelines.

Its peaceful protest, holding a sign and handing out leaflets.
Passive and informative.

Added them Braves :smile:

Insomniac, maybe you are a bit confused, we are not arranging those walks.
We are against the walks and want to protest at them.
And there is one in the UK.
:smile:

NAAR UK walk

Sunday, 2ND July 2006
The Great Park, Windsor

Last year, because of the london bombings just beforehand, we decided it would not be appropriate to protest.
This year we will be having a protest there.

Tiger of malaysia, there is usually more details given out on their website shortly before the events.
It would be fantastic if you could be present. :smile:

Can you come to the AFF meeting tonight in the chat room?
If not we can let you know any arrangements nearer the time.

Most likely people will meet at the entrance on the morning of the protest. It may be filmed by media/documentary makers too.

A woman I met online emailed me this evening looking for donations for the CAN Walk in her area. She has an adorable 6yo(?) Aspie grandson named R----.

Here is the response I sent her:

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I'm sorry, M-----, I can't support CAN. Their anti-autistic propaganda makes me ill. The adult autistic community is not looking for a cure. We want acceptance.

R---- wouldn't be R---- anymore if he was "cured." And when CAN's research for a genetic test becomes reality, the next generation of people like R----, and me, and my kids will be "selected out" - just like 90% of Down's babies are now. :-(

Cindy

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I wonder if she will email me back?

She emailed me back.

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Okay Cindy, thanks anyway I understand.

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That's it. No signature, nothing. Guess I hit a nerve! :lol:

Thanks. That was the first time I spoke out to anyone. LOL

DW_a_mom Wrote:

I don't know how to phrase this, nor am I fully sure of my own thoughts, but ...

I'm not sure protests are very productive.  Yes, it gets press and maybe awareness, but it also solidifies the black v. white way of thinking that keeps anything from ever reaching a reasonable solution.  Just look at the abortion issue in the US - the vast majority of people favor what is basically a middle ground (legal but rarely, rarely used) and yet as a nation we can't get any where near it.

I hate polarizing.

Effective change involves acknowledging the small bits of truth in what the other side says, getting them to understand your truths, and working together to figure out how to make the pieces fit.  You go inside the opponent and work with him, not against him.

Are there efforts in this direction?

Debbie

ps - Cindy, I liked your email.   You were polite and you made very clear the issue that is the trigger point - people need to know this, what the worry is.  As for your friend's response - I found it nuetral.  She probably needs time to process the information and decide what she thinks about it.

Firstly, it's not just the USA, we are worldwide.
The protests have actually caused more discussion with curebie groups, so they have not made more of a divide.

At the last protest Gareth got to talk directly to the Head of Autism Speaks in the UK. Without the protest that would never have happened.

"At the last protest Gareth got to talk directly to the Head of Autism Speaks in the UK. Without the protest that would never have happened"

Oh really, that sounds interesting. Is there any chance of some more details of this, and indeed of the protest itself and its upshot, being put on the site here?

Yes, we are also going to try and get some of the footage that was shot.

In the near term (i.e the next few decades) the only realistic cure is actually prenatal testing and abortion. However, it is likely that autism could be "cured" using a drug. The side effects would be most horrendous however. I already have a theory on how such a drug could work in fact.

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