"I Am Autism" -- Awareness video by Alfonso Cuarón -- "Ransom" Reprise

Update September 25 -- Socrates' parody video, I am Autism Speaks, has a higher Google ranking than the original. See Autism Speaks PR Meltdown

Update #2, September 25 -- don't miss the Facebook Group, Protesting Autism Speaks "I Am Autism" video

Remember the 2007  "Ransom notes" campaign, by the NYC child study center?  It looks like Autism Speaks didn't learn the lesson.  They commissioned director Alfonso Cuarón (who has a child with autism) to make an awareness and fundraising video.

Many people intensely dislike the video edited to add: I find it repulsive and offensive

1. Cat in a Dog's World Autism Speaks & Alfonso Cuaron: Full of Fail
2. Cat in a Dog's World I Am Autism & The Embarrassment Trope
3. Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain Autism Speaks media campaign…I am autism
   
4. Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain The Autism Speaks Bait and Switch with "I am Autism"
5. Emily at A Life Less Ordinary: What if someone did this with, say, Down's Syndrome?
6. Asperger's Square 8 Responding to "I Am Autism"
7. AspieWeb "I am Pissed"
8. Club 166 "When Will They Listen?"
9. Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Northern Virginia: "Autism Speaks Gets It Wrong Again"

Update #2 if you are as offended by the video as these good people, why not send Autism Speaks a message?  The email address for Autism Speaks is [email protected].

I'll be updating this list as I find new links.  Thanks to friends who emailed and commented  -- list continues

1. The Standard Review: Enemies of Autism Speaks
2. Action for Autism (UK) Autism Speaks--The Sound and the Fury
3. Codeman38 at LiveJournal Asperger's: Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
   
4. Turner & Kowalski: I Am Autism Speaks
5. Codeman 38 at Normal is Overrated: Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
6. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms Open Letter To Geraldine Dawson
7. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms Open Letter to Laurent Motton
8. Autistic Self Advocacy Network, SW Ohio: Autistic Community Condemns Autism Speaks' "I Am Autism" Campaign.
9. Rethinking Autism: Calling All Celebrities -- Please Stop Supporting Autism Speaks
10. Autism Blogger: "Autism Speaks" again attacks autistics with neurodiversity insensitive advertisements
11. Media Dis & Dat ASAN Protests New Autism Speaks Campaign, "I am Autism"
12. Codeman38 at Daily Kos Autism Speaks Reaches New Low
13. Cat in A Dog's World Harry Potter and the Bigoted Charity
14. The New Republic Blog Autism Community Condemns Autism Speaks
15. Susan Etlinger at the Family Room blog: Autism is a color
16. Autistic Self Advocacy Virginia: Autism Speaks Gets it Wrong Again: I Am Autism Video
17. DJ at My Thoughts On...:The Latest Propaganda From Autism Speaks and My Response
18. Nicocoer at Cracked Mirror in Shalott Autism Speaks Once Again Demonizes Autism
19. Tis My Life: Tis NOT My Life
20. KWombles at Countering the Age of Autism: Age of Autism Should Learn When to Shut The Hell Up
21. The RettDevil's Rants: You Aren't Autism.  We Are.  Shut Up and Listen.
22. C1audia at "Sharing, Caring, and Creativity": To the leadership of Autism Speaks
23. 3laine at A Path Between Two Houses: Autistic Speakerless
24. A Video Response from Paul Wady I Am Socks
25. Facebook: Group Protesting Autism Speaks Video "I Am Autism"
26. Rethinking Autism Autistics Speak
27. Elesia at Aspitude! Autism Speaks Does Not Speak for Me
28. Not Autism Speaks
29. The New Republic I Am Autism Speaks
30. You Tube Video I Am Autism Speaks
31. Corina Becker at No Stereotypes Here: An Open Letter to Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks
32. jypsy at The Runman's Blog Autism the boy is Alex Bain - Autism Speaks is just so Wrong
33. Socrates at The New Republic Autism Speaks PR Meltdown
34. ABFH at Whose Planet Is It Anyway: Autism Speaks Deceives Parents
35. ABFH at Whose Planet Is It Anyway Solidarity (also has a list of videos)
36. 3laine at Path Between Two Houses?: And Now for Some Positivity
37. Angela at Memoirs of a Chaotic Mommy How's Your Day Going?
38. Sullivan at LeftBrain/RightBrain Why I Don't Like "I Am Autism
39. Video from thautcast I'm Autistic -- Parody of "I am Autism"
40. Cripchick Blog Help Fight Back Against Autism Speaks Attempt to Speak for Autistic People
41. LB Nuke Don't Speak for Me
42. Ali at The Alternate Lexicon: Blah Blah Blah
43. Clay at Comet's Corner: Warning to Autism Speaks
44. Squillo at Confutata:Autism Speaks--Don't Speak for Our Family
45. Video from ASAN-Portland of protest against Autism Speaks
46. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms had a form-letter reply to his letter (#6 above) from Geraldine Dawson, Autism Speak's science advisor
47. Alan Griswold at Autistic Aphorisms had a non-form letter reply to his letter (#7 above) from Laurent Motton
    
48. ABFH at Whose Planet Is It Anyway? wrote Marc Sirkin, Apologist for Hate (Mr. Sirkin is Autism Speaks' "chief community officer")
49. ABFH at Whose Planet Is It Anyway? wrote Disabiled World Editorial Blasts Autism Speaks
    
50. ABFH at Whose Planet Is It Anyway? wrote Autism Speaks Falsely Claims Video Removed
51. Michael John Carley, Executive Director of Global and Regional Asperger's Syndrome Partnership (GRASP): Response to the Autism Speaks Conundrum

Update March 8, 2010. Following a vile attack on Shannon, her son, and the rest of her family at a blog I will not name or link to, Shannon has given me permission to post this. It is hardly a secret that Squid is Shannon Rosa.  Shannon Rosa is an autism advocate not only for her son and her family, but for all parents of children with autism and all people with autism.  Read her blog at  BlogHer: Shannon Rosa's Blog

Comments

[codeman38]

I made this LiveJournal community post including a transcript of the entire ad. I'm planning on updating it and bringing it over to my personal blog as well.

[codeman38]

And I just posted about it on my personal blog:
http://aut.zone38.net/2009/09/23/autism-speaks-hits-a-new-low/

[Turner & Kowalski]

Thanks!
Can you add our post as well?
It was written in a bit of a hurry, because we were so infuriated, but we'll be updating it as well.
I am Autism Speaks

[Ed]

And mine too please. Thanks

Enemies of Autism Speaks

http://diversityrules.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/enemies-of-autism-speaks.html

[twitter.com/convivir]

Here's mine

http://actionforautism.co.uk/2009/09/23/autism-speaks-the-sound-and-the-fury

[isles]

The more I think about this the angrier I get. Autistic kids being used to make a movie about how their condition is responsible for breaking apart and bankrupting families. Just despicable.

[KWombles]

http://counteringageofautism.blogspot.com/2009/09/autism-speaks-should-learn-when-to-shut.html-- Mine on the video

[ange]

Not much, but here's another one: http://miscthing.blogspot.com/2009/09/tis-not-my-life.html

[Kassiane]

http://rettdevil.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-arent-autism-we-are-shut-up-and.html here's mine!"

[Sharon]

There's a Facebook protest group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=183608095328

here's another post:
Autistic speaker-less
http://aspi3laine.blogspot.com/2009/09/autistic-speaker-less.html

[jypsy]

C1audia at "Sharing, Caring, and Creativity":
To the leadership of Autism Speaks

[Paula C. Durbin-Westby]

I posted the ASAN press release at the ASAN Virginia blog:

http://autisticselfadvocacynetwork-virginia.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-am-autism-video-autistic-community.html

[Angela]

Add me in! http://memoirsofachaoticmommy.blogspot.com/2009/09/hows-your-day-going.html

Angela

[jypsy]

jypsy on Runman's Blog -
Autism the boy is Alex Bain - Autism Speaks is just so Wrong

[Corina Becker]

Here's mine at my No Stereotypes Here blog:
http://nostereotypeshere.blogspot.com/2009/09/open-letter-to-suzanne-wright-of-autism.html

[Socrates]

New post and video at http://the-newrepublic.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-am-autism-speaks.html

[jypsy]

Elesia at Aspitude! Autism Speaks Does Not Speak For Me

[Corina Becker]

ummmm, lizditz, my name only has 1 n in it. Corina. :D and it's Becker, not Baker.

Thanks

[Nico Coer]

Holy cow! I went to visit my grandmother (and get a ride to bloodwork in the process) and wow! I'll link ya, give me a moment. *_*

[Clay]

http://cometscorner-clay.blogspot.com/2009/09/warning-to-autism-speaks.html

[Ali]

I wrote about this a few days ago, too: http://alternatelexicon.com/2009/09/23/blah-blah-blah/

[Casdok]

And here's mine
http://motherofshrek.blogspot.com/2009/09/celebrating-21-years.html

[Kelly N.]

I didn't watch it specifically so I wouldn't get blazing angry (I will perseverate over something like this for days on end). But here's my protest: http://nakedjoy.blogspot.com/2009/10/not-long-ago-video-called-i-am-autism.html