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On April 30th, a huge fundraiser will be taking place that masquerades as “raising awareness” about autism and neurodivergence. Unfortunately, all of the money raised is set to go towards an organisation called Next For Autism, which I believe is run by the exact same people behind Autism Speaks. (I’m guessing they thought calling themselves something different would stop people from finding out who they are).

This organisation, much like Autism Speaks, supports eugenics, trying to “prevent” or “cure” autism, and ABA therapy (literally the autistic equivalent of gay conversion therapy, it was even invented by the exact same person). They also do not have a SINGLE autistic person on their team.

Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent and disabled people have been fighting for the right to exist for FAR TOO LONG. But our neurotypical, able-bodied society refuses to listen, and all they want to do is use autistic people for their stupid fucking inspiration porn to make the world think that they’re some kind of saviour of humanity. THIS NEEDS TO STOP, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW.

Here is a link to a petition to stop this fundraiser, created by the wonderful Chloe Hayden (aka @/princessaspien on most platforms), an actual autistic person who speaks at length about the situation in this video.

Neurotypicals speaking about autism and doing their best to learn about it is wonderful, but it’s so disheartening to see that the people with the largest platforms and the most influence are doing it in a way that actually ends up hurting the autistic community due to misinformation and ableism.