What is Autism Speaks?
Autism speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright. Their earlier groups were '''Cure Autism Now''' (founded in 1995)<ref>{{cite web|title=Autism Speaks Completes Merger|publisher=Autism Speaks|url=https://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/autism-speaks-and-cure-autism-now-complete-merger|access-date=Sep 8, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804132534/https://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/autism-speaks-and-cure-autism-now-complete-merger|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the '''National Alliance for Autism Research''' (founded in 1994). Autism Speaks is a [[controversy|controversial]] network. It used to view autism as a [[disease]], which caused controversy in the autistic community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Autism Debate Strains a Family and its Charity|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/us/18autism.html?_r=0|access-date=Sep 8, 2016}}</ref> Autism is not a disease, which is why it upset many people. Autism Speaks has also said that it's possible to cure autism,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cushman|first=Olivia (Liv)|title=The Autist Papers: The problem with Autism Speaks|url=https://dailycollegian.com/2023/05/the-autist-papers-the-problem-with-autism-speaks/|access-date=2024-10-21|website=Massachusetts Daily Collegian}}</ref> which we know is '''not true'''. There is no cure for autism. ==References== <references/> [[Category:2005 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Medical and health organizations in the United States]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations of the United States]] [[Category:Autism]] {{US-stub}}