I wonder what "game" Colin is playing when he posts links without comments?
Does he have an opinion, or is he wanting an opinion?
It seems to me like fence sitting.
I sit on no fence, Polly Tommey is a cheap self publicist with no real
understanding of autism and the issues who wants to be seen as an "autism
hero" like her darling soon I hope to be ex Dr Wakefield.
She and her like are poison to any sensible disability movement.
This isn't about commodification at all, any kind of publicity from her is
unwelcome even if it were "PC" she is an out and out curebie fanatic.
Larry
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> Sent: 08 April 2010 17:34
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> Subject: Re: Election 2010- 'Autism': "Hello Boys, Autism is worth over 6
million votes.
> It's time to talk..... Please send it on to others!!!
>
> I heard Polly Tommey on Women's Hour this morning. No mention of her or
her
> family's links to profit making organisations selling nutritional cures
for
> autism as described by the Guardian article. also no mention of the
recent
> UK government Autism strategy, which has been published recently after a
> period of consultation with people with autism, their families and service
> providers. In fact Ms Tommey said repeatedly that the government had done
> nothing for autistic people and their families. The Autism Strategy
targets
> social barriers faced by many autistic people and puts a lot of emphasis
on
> boring, non vote-winning issues like housing, employment, education and
> bullying, rather than having prominent photos of breasts.
>
> In the context of a close run election with desperate politicians falling
> over themselves to display their common touch, individuals such as Ms
Tommey
> who claim to represent the mistreated and hard done by can assume a
> disproportionate prominence. Remember the glue-ear girl a few elections
> ago?
>
> There does seem to be a trend in the increasing objectification and
> commodification of women's bodies in advertising "good causes". We used
to
> see glamorous women wearing t-shirts with logos to promote breast cancer
> awareness or whatever, now they are wearing tea towels or nothing at all.
> Sexism and body facism oppress disabled and ill women as well as the rest
of
> us.
>
> Deborah
>
>
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