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Autism Speaks
American advocacy organization
Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. It was founded in February 2005 by Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne, a year after their grandson Christian was diagnosed with autism. The same year as its founding, the organization merged with Autism Coalition for Research and Education. It then merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) in 2006 and Cure Autism Now (CAN) in 2007. Some members of the autistic rights and neurodiversity movements do not see autism as a disease that needs to be cured, and have criticized Autism Speaks for seeking a cure. The word "cure" was dropped from its mission statement in 2016. Autism Speaks has also been criticized by some activists, advocates, and researchers for perpetuating stigma against autistic people, promoting pseudoscience...
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