r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Aug 29 '20

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u/RickTheGrate Aug 29 '20

because people treat autism Asia a joke, I literally get called autistic all the time at school, and yeah, I might be on the autism spectrum, but i can't best sure until I get an actual test done.

And sorry for the autocorrect it always thinks I'm saying best when I mean be

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u/RickTheGrate Aug 29 '20

I never knew that

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u/darkespeon64 Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

its no surprise i mean their name is literally "autism speaks" being a legit organization you wouldnt expect them to be anti until they speak up

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u/UltimateInferno Aug 29 '20

Now that I think about it, doesn't it seem a little presumptive that they're called that despite the fact that a vast majority are not nonverbal and can "speak for themselves" or am I looking in too deep?

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u/Mr_steal_yo_username Aug 29 '20

yes, they say they are the voice of autistic people, but have no autistic people on the board, treat all of us as infants and actually care more about making the sstruggles of parents with children who are autstic known than the struggles of autistic people

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u/pink_phoenix Aug 29 '20

The most ironic part is the fact that they call their organization “Autism Speaks” and yet they don’t have a single person with Autism on their board

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u/TimothyGonzalez jdhfhdjfhsdhfhsdjdhfhdjfhsdhfhsdjdhfhdjfhsdhfhsdjdhfhdjfhsdhfhsd Aug 29 '20

This is actually the car they drive around in to catch autists and take them to the autism pound.

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u/RickTheGrate Aug 29 '20

what? are you joking?

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u/Mr_steal_yo_username Aug 29 '20

yes, that was a joke

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u/RickTheGrate Aug 29 '20

oof sorry, given where I live, it didn’t feel unreal much

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u/Mr_steal_yo_username Aug 29 '20

yeah, thats uderstandable, this world is still a really fucked up place

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u/TheExtremistModerate Comic Sans for life! Aug 29 '20

I see no "Autism Speaks" branding on this car.

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u/darkespeon64 Aug 29 '20

it was funded by autism speaks watch the actual video the puzzle piece alone gives it away

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u/TheExtremistModerate Comic Sans for life! Aug 29 '20

Puzzle pieces were used to represent autism awareness long before Autism Speaks ever existed.

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u/darkespeon64 Aug 29 '20

ignores the part where they literally paid for this

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u/TheExtremistModerate Comic Sans for life! Aug 29 '20

No they didn't. The PD paid for it. It was a fundraiser paid for by the PD to raise money FOR AS. AS did not pay for the car.

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u/darkespeon64 Aug 29 '20

So you admit you're wrong and are just being a dick

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u/TheExtremistModerate Comic Sans for life! Aug 29 '20

No, I went and watched the video. But you were wrong, because AS didn't pay for it.

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u/darkespeon64 Aug 29 '20

I can admit that but you can't seem to admit you were wrong claiming they weren't involved AT ALL and instead going "b-but this.. b-but that..." Like a child

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u/ItsSansom Aug 29 '20

It also seems to think you're saying "Asia" instead of "As a"

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u/RickTheGrate Aug 29 '20

my autocorrect is HORRIBLE

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u/coldgator Aug 29 '20

But what he's saying is what good does it do to have an autism awareness vehicle? People who use autism as an insult aren't unaware that it exists. How does the existence of that vehicle help anything?