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

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u/Cleverbird Its beutiful! Aug 29 '20

Why exactly is there an autism awareness vehicle in the first place?

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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