Dear readers:As for Autism Speaks, I was not aware of the controversy about the organization. I was simply looking for a quick way to direct people for information about autism in general, not to support the organization. Had I known what many of you have informed me about here, I would have looked for another website. It never seems to fail that when charitable organizations get too big, corruption almost always ensues. I wish I had done more research before slapping that tag on there…which was a last minute decision when working on deadline. The last thing I want is for that to divert attention away from what I am trying to accomplish with Jack, which is show children with autism are to be celebrated rather than thought of being a problem or need to be “cured”. For those who don’t already know this, Jack is patterned after our grandson of the same name, and, as far as I know, is the first austistic character in comics. Thank you all for your support and for helping educate me.
Dear readers:As for Autism Speaks, I was not aware of the controversy about the organization. I was simply looking for a quick way to direct people for information about autism in general, not to support the organization. Had I known what many of you have informed me about here, I would have looked for another website. It never seems to fail that when charitable organizations get too big, corruption almost always ensues. I wish I had done more research before slapping that tag on there…which was a last minute decision when working on deadline. The last thing I want is for that to divert attention away from what I am trying to accomplish with Jack, which is show children with autism are to be celebrated rather than thought of being a problem or need to be “cured”. For those who don’t already know this, Jack is patterned after our grandson of the same name, and, as far as I know, is the first austistic character in comics. Thank you all for your support and for helping educate me.