Autistic and Neurotypical Adults cannot get along in a hostile environment. Autism Speaks is a neurotypically-led corporation which has perpetuated such an environment for 8 years and that is 8 years too many.
Autistic Adults cannot be Social if they are not Secure. Autism Speaks' entire existence has served to encourage the World to believe that Autism is a mental illness, dis-order, deficit, dis-ease to be cured. It Is Not!
Autism Speaks has never supported the Autistic Adult!
Autism is a Gift. See for yourself, on a Global and International level, this October 1-6, 2013, In Sunshine Coast BC Canada, for the event: "International Naturally Autistic People Awards, Convention & Festival".
Autistic Adults Are Everywhere, and it is about time Autism Speaks Spoke Benevolently About That!