, you took a pledge: I pledge to help change the public conversation from autism awareness to autism acceptance

Can you help us reach our goal of 750 pledges?

Awareness Is Not Enough - Promote Autism Acceptance™

I pledge to help change the public conversation from autism awareness to autism acceptance

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657 people took a pledge

Dedicated to the Autism Acceptance movement, supporting the empowerment of autistic individuals, encouraging self-advocacy and promoting our fundamental belief of:

We consider all persons worthy of appreciation and respect without discrimination as to abilities, age, culture, education, ethnicity, gender, nationality, race, religious beliefs, political opinions, sexual orientation or socio-economic class.

Issues:
  1. Update #16

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Oct 7, 2012

    we met our goal! over 524 individuals agree!

  2. Update #15

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Aug 16, 2012

    450 pledges!
    209 cause members!
    587 subscribed!
    & 225 'likes'
    WINNING!!!

  3. Update #14

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Aug 7, 2012

    THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS! 403 pledges! 199 FB 'likes" 519 subscribers & 169 members!
    I think the Autism Society of America should look at THIS group as an example of autism community unity. Everyone that has taken the pledges agrees on this one thing - promote Autism Acceptance.
    I ask you to invite any and all members of the Autism Society of America and any chapter(s) member(s) to join THIS CAUSE. There is no "in-fighting" here!

  4. Update #13

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Aug 7, 2012

    395 pledges 160 members 505 subscribers & 185 FB 'likes' ! thank you! thank you! thank you! we are growing bigger EVERY DAY !!! This is exciting!

  5. Update #12

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Aug 6, 2012

    361 pledges, 119 members, 183 FB 'likes' & 437 subscribed. THIS IS WORKING! certainly not b/c of me, BECAUSE ALL of YOU have been willing to share this with YOUR family, friends and neighbors. Thank you!

  6. Update #11

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 31, 2012

    72 members & 272 pledges! Ask others to join us & together we can change public autism awareness into public "Autism Acceptance" - Awareness is not enough = promote autism acceptance.

  7. Update #10

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 29, 2012

    THANK YOU! We met our goal of 225 pledges early morning yesterday. Our new goal is 500 Pledges . YOUR involvement & effort to recruit others to join our cause is working! You deserve a Gold medal!

  8. Update #9

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 23, 2012

    We only need 40 more pledges to reach our goal of 225! keep sharing the idea of Autism Acceptance!

  9. Update #8

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 20, 2012

    NOTICED by the causes.com team. Rec'd call from causes.com group - fast responses to pledges has been noticed. If we keep GROWING at this rate - we may earn "featured" cause status! Thank you EVERYONE that has participated!

  10. Update #7

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 19, 2012

    171 pledges to-date ! As soon as we have 225 pledges, let's change our pledge drive to a petition, this is exciting!

  11. Update #6

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 18, 2012

    wow! we are now at 161 pledges! GREAT WORK! If we keep this up, we might get featured by the causes website!

  12. Update #5

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 18, 2012

    157 individuals strong! Help us send a message and raise the standards for the autism community - acceptance is the beginning of inclusion for the good of all. Join us!

  13. Update #4

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 17, 2012

    up to 146 pledges! Great job, & a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that has pledged & shared this cause. I rec'd a phone call from the Causes corporation today. Our cause has been noticed

  14. Update #3

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 12, 2012

    58 people have taken the pledge: will you join us?

  15. Update #2

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 10, 2012

    up to 40 pledges in 24 hours ! great work!

  16. Update #1

    Posted by Gerri Taylor Âû (Campaign Leader) on Jul 9, 2012

    This is great! 19 others have joined the pledge drive. Thank you, change may start with one person; however, it takes a group of committed individuals to make 'change' a reality.

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It's a typical disability and people should have empathy for those who are different in any way and respect them the same. God will judge those who adversely judge, and he will remove the wicked from this earth in his due time.

God bless all now and forever Happy New Year and more blessings from the Lord.Lord healed all Autism.

havin autism maks u want tu hav people acept u cause most ov society dsnt want tu hlp us hav better lives an aceptance isds mor important then awareness.

autism shld be mor then awareness people need big time tu accept us tht hav autism.

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