Autism Speaks Protest Planned @ OSU Walk

Autism Speaks is planning one of its fundraising walks and a protest has been planned so the real Autistics can speak.  ASAN Ohio sent out the following new bulliten.

Please join us as we protest the Autism Speaks walk for autism this Sunday, October 11 from 8:00am to 12:00pm. We’ll be meeting at the corner of Fred Taylor Drive and Borror Drive, right by the 4-H Center, and this is where we’ll carry out our protest. We are actively looking for volunteers and fellow protesters. Our protest has been sparked by, among other things, Autism Speaks’ recent PSA, titled “I Am Autism,” which presents autistic individuals as kidnap victims, burdens, and inhuman. In the video, autism is presented as a soul-stealing entity that ruins marriages, causes bankruptcy, triggers embarrassment, and erodes morality. Please join us (even if only for a short while) as we speak back to Autism Speaks and the discrimination that such a campaign perpetuates.

Campus map & driving directions: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?area=&building=191

Note on parking: The OSU Event Parking Coordinator is advising ASAN to park behind the 4H Center building in their parking lot.  There are about 55-60 spaces available.  Fred Taylor Drive (the road in front of the parking lot) will be blocked off at 10 a.m. to prepare for the walk, so everyone will need to be there before that time if they choose to park there. Getting dropped off near by or walking from main campus are the other options for coming later than 10am.  Thanks!

Please contact us at asan.ohiostate@gmail.com with questions.

Depending on how much rest I get Saturday night I may try and make the field trip to OSU with Lucky because I need something to do.  Hopefully I’ll see you there!