Autism Diva: Autism Speaks?

Friday, August 25, 2006

Autism Speaks?

This particular PSA wasn't made by the Autism Speaks people or by the Ad Council.

Yes, Mr. Tringali, if there are 1.5 million autism spectrum Americans, as your organization claims, that is, 1 in 166 of all Americans of all ages, then it's accurate to say that it's "an issue that can affect any one of us and we all probably know someone, if we just ask a bit..." And isn't it interesting that this "epidemic like issue" is so silent if it's just so heinously common?

Autism Diva
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2 Comments:

abfh said...: Tringali certainly isn't going to win any awards for eloquent speaking.

To call that video incoherent would be putting it charitably. I wonder what the dude was smokin' when he made it.; 1:59 PM
Autism Diva said...: You can hear the context of his statement here.

It's an interview on "Autismlink" with Cindy Waelterman.

Tringali's statement, which is supposed to sum up what the public should know, is really pathetic.

"This is something

it's a disorder,

and an issue that can affect any one of us.... and we all probably know someone if we just ask a bit... and it's the most silent of (laughing) epidemic-like issues that's out there."

Eloquent. Not. What's with the nervous laughter? He sounds to Autism Diva like he knows he's fabricating it.; 3:13 PM