True/False
Most of Autism Speaks' budget goes towards family services and people with autism
False. Less than 5% goes towards people with autism.
24% of Autism Speaks' budget goes towards
Fundraising
How many people are on the board of directors?
26
In compliance training, autistic children are unable to do what?
Say no.
A developmental disorder that impairs one's ability to communicate and interact with others is called...
Autism
Many people with autism support Autism Speaks
False
32% of Autism Speaks' budget goes to
Research
Someone on the board of directors with autism resigned and wrote an open letter condemning Autism Speaks for the way they demonized autism. Who was this?
John Elder Robison
The founder of ABA Therapy said this:
“You start pretty much from scratch when you work with an autistic child. You have a person in the physical sense—they have hair, a nose and a mouth—but they are not people in the psychological sense." Who was he?
Ivar Lovaas
Autism causes challenges in...
social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication
There are more than 5 people on the board of Autism Speaks who have autism
False. There are only 2 out of 26 board members on the autism spectrum.
3% of Autism Speaks' budget goes towards
Family services and people with autism
Of all of the board of directors, how many people on the board have autism?
2
Autistic children repeatedly being forced to do things that are unnatural, uninteresting, and sometimes painful to them is part of what type of ABA therapy?
Compliance training
Can autism be cured? Why or why not?
No, because it is a developmental disorder.
Autism Speaks has promoted someone who uses electroshock therapy
True
39% of Autism Speaks' budget goes to
Awareness
Autism Speaks uses ABA therapy, founded by this person who used electroshock therapy on autistic people.
Ivar Lovaas
Does autism speaks promote ABA therapy?
Yes
How many American children does Autism affect?
1 in 59
Autism Speaks funds research to try and find a "cure" to autism.
True
2% of Autism Speaks' budget goes to
Miscellaneous
Who compared having autism to being kidnapped or having a fatal disease?
One of the co-founders.
What is an underlying goal of ABA therapy?
For the children to look and act "less autistic."