Recently Autistic people held an Autism Speaks protest in Washington DC on the national mall coinciding with an Autism Speaks fund raising event on the mall. Many Autistic people are upset about a recent fund raising video by Autism Speaks that uses fear and false statements to raise money for the organization. Similar protests have been held on the Ohio State University Campus, in Boston, MA and in Portland, OR. Autistic people are scared of the prenatal testing that Autism Speaks is researching to eliminate Autism.
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