The sender has given me permission to share this with you:
We all can
agree harming another human being because of a diagnosis of autism is wrong and
certainly illegal in our society. During this month, we have seen on discussion
boards, Facebook, and media reports, many folks saying they can understand the
stress and pressure of the parent which may suggest justification for the harm
done. The Autism Society, self advocates, and others, have said there can never
be any justification or toleration of harming a person living with autism or any
disability in our society.
We believe one of the
solutions would be to provide more responsive crisis supports for parents,
caretakers and individuals living with autism so they can receive help to deal
with day-to-day challenges. Society must do a much better job of being there to
help the person in crisis and be there to protect the person who may be
harmed.
The
Autism Society has a seven day a week Contact Center that can help anyone
feeling overwhelmed, hopeless
and in need of support. If anyone
reading this needs help, please call us at
1-800-3-AUTISM
(Spanish support provided)
We will
always advocate against any effort of harming of a person simply because the
individual has autism. Remember,
we are here to help those living with autism and their families, please
call!
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Look Out, Dad!!
My father is the purple dot above the blue weather station. He's juuust outside Milton's evacuation zone. Well! My brother and I jus...
I like it.
ReplyDeleteThat is so needed.
ReplyDeleteMerle.......
The Autism Society is very cool. They have pictures of ...get this...ADULT AUTISTICS on their web page. Did you know autistic kids grew up to be autistic adults? http://www.autism-society.org/
ReplyDeleteI checked autism speaks. I guess that's a pretty scary notion for them.
I doesn't surprise me the autism society would be there to help. I hope lives are saved through their efforts.
Me, too, simplegiftsgalleries! And welcome!
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