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ASA is not an organization devoid of controversy. The greatest source of opposition to it is from the
autistic community, adult autistics who view it as an organization more interested in the rights of the parents of autistics than in those of autistics themselves. Some in this community see it as more dangerous, attacking the rights of autistics in order to generate money for professionals and make the parents' lives easier.
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Has been removed. No sources cited, politicized comment.
And done. I'd appreciate it being edited for voice or NPOV rather than deleted if it doesn't work, since the fact that there's controversy about the ASA is undeniable.
Jayofnameless08:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)reply
This was
The ASA is not an organization devoid of controversy. Many members of the
autistic community take issue with the ASA's claims to be the voice of autism because the membership of the ASA includes only a small percentage of autistics. The autistic community organization
"neurodiversity.org" also cites the ASA's reliance on the mercury poisoning model of autism and views on
chelation as reasons for alarm.
But it isn't sourced at all - even the neurodiversity one just points to the main page and not much talking about ASA...
RN08:11, 3 September 2006 (UTC)reply
The whole article appears without much in terms of sourcing, and the links at the bottom only go to ASA-positive pages. The article, without mention of the autistic community's views, lacks NPOV.
Jayofnameless08:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)reply
(Lynn Redwood, President of SafeMinds, and Lee Grossman, president and CEO of the Autism Society of America, both of whose organizations buy into the scientifically discredited notion that vaccines cause autism)
That source does not seem credible to me: it's a ranty blog post.
I forgot to note:
Bernard Rimland's article establishes that he promoted a lot of discredited theories about autism. He also left ASA in 1967, more than a decade before these discredited theories were put forward. -
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02:22, 7 April 2021 (UTC)reply