Aspies For Freedom

Here is directly from the introduction to their bulletin board:

"The FAAAS, Inc. Bulletin Board is a set of online forums intended for the discussion and sharing of information regarding Asperger's Syndrome. This board is intended to deal specifically with the issues of the family members, friends, and loved ones of the affected person.

Please note that this is not a bulletin board for Asperger's individuals themselves. This is also not a board for other types of neurological or behavioral disorders unless they relate to or have a bearing on the Asperger's Syndrome disorder itself."

"After the board administrator has reviewed your information and determines that you are an individual who would benefit from participating in this online community, you will then be sent a link to a special web page where you can pay the yearly membership fee of $29.95."

Hi all, a first post, and yes I admin an ASD support forum,(hope you don't think it too rotten)

This sounds like someone that I had to ban from my forum in its early days.
No matter what proven facts were given to the lady in question it was all "government nonsense" ..... autism was invented in the early 70's and caused by the mass innnoculation program.etc, etc. Planned mercury poisoning, conspiracies ..... all children need detoxifying to cure them of autism.......

This week I have had this  sent to me, http://www.liafoundation [.com], where they concoct their figures from I have no idea I gave up reading it.
Yet another cause for autism, again they seem to fail to grasp that "Lyme" a disease which seems to have gripped the american imagination rather strongly, is not present at a high incidence rate in much of the world,yet they say that figures show 93% of children with autism also have Lyme disease.

Here in the UK the blame is layed at the MMR vaccination again they will not accept that autism was present long before these vaccines and children that have never had the MMR vaccine have been diagnosed on the spectrum.

Last week I found a thread on a UK forum from someone researching unleaded fuel as the cause of the "autistic epidemic"...... what epidemic?

The incidence of both autism and asperger's syndrome remain the same, all that has changed is the world population is growing and the awareness/diagnosis levels have improved.

We live now in a society that has to lay blame and seek compensation for anything that is not deemed to be "perfect".

I wonder what the world would be like if there were no genetic differences, where would the human race be without people that are "different" and think outside the box?

My 12 year old son is an Aspie and doing fine now with the right help and guidance, I am damn proud of him and what he has overcome .

This is the worse one I've seen.

Look at it.Don't post though, nothing will get through.He'll delete it if it's anything different then his opinion.

[edit] link deleted, it has been changed to a porn site [couldbecousin]

that is hosted on Liquid Web servers............. send an abuse complaint.

abuse@liquidweb.com

He sounds like a troll to me. The best thing to do is ignore him. Don't give him the attention that he wants.

Dang... that makes me cringe too Amy....
Uh... I can't remember the exact url...but last term when I was working on my autism research paper I came across this REALLY dumb webpage that "supposedly" had acurate information about ASDs ....

I'll try to hunt it down again...

TTFN
Me

hatingautism.blogspot.com

Damn... that last one really got to me...
and that "Sliver in my Brain" thing comming up soon is really confusing to me... it makes it seem like people with AS are the enemy! Damn thats pure crap plain and simple

TTFN
Me

I really hate this site: hating autism.blogspot.com. Take out the space and type it in your Address bar and you will go to a very offensive site that preaches that autism is caused by mercury poisoning and that "no sane person opposes curing autism." I have no psychiatric history and I oppose a cure for autism because I don't hate myself. If an autistic wants themselves cured, then they need to see a therapist to work out their problems with self-image. Know what I mean?

Let's say that someone you knew wanted to wish away a certain trait of their personality but couldn't and went around moping and sulking and was really depressed about it. Wouldn't you agree that that person would need to see a therapist. That's what I equate being an autistic curebie to because I see autism as a different state of being, not as an illness. About me ordering you off to see a therapist, I didn't say that all autistic curebies should be packed off to see therapists. I said something more about needing to see a therapist. If you don't think you need any advice, simply say "Thanks for the tip, but I don't think I need it." My mother told me that that's the polite way to refuse advice.
P. S. I love the reference to 1984. I forgot to tell you that earlier, Wolfy

ok, so if I read the aforementioned autism hate blog properly.....It won't matter how happy i'll ever be, because I'm suffer from a horrible affliction caused by vaccinations to keep me from getting very nasty diseases....and the only way for me to ever achieve anything in life is to have a cure that doesn't work shoved down my throat (or up a vein)?  

Sorry, don't think so.  I'm just fine learning how to live with AS, thank you very much!  besides, if I had to choose between AS and whooping cough, or measles, or mumps....I'd take the AS

besides you can't cure what isn't a disease   you can provide coping stratedies and such though.




It really gets under my skin when people say such

I was saying before that if you don't want to take my advice, then you can refuse it politely. I have had enough of feuding with you and having you flame me accusing me of flaming you. If you're going to continue to flame me, then I'm not going to speak to you and you will become the first person on my Ignore list. We don't have to be buddies, but please don't flame me!

actually you were flaming her

*Reads past posts, realizes skyblue1 is right, and hangs head in shame*

ethel , hope you are not thinking that I hate you,I dont.I know you are a respected member here,Iwas speaking to the other person