I'm sorry but what do you mean by "close to the spectrum"? It's a diagnosis - yes it's a spectrum but at the same time you either have it or you do not. I'm actually on the spectrum and have a diagnosis, and I don't like it when people trivialize my disability like it's a personality trait. That being said, Autism Speaks are absolute cunts and I agree with you on that.
It honestly sickens me that even after all these years autism speaks is still the organisation people look towards, despite most people on the spectrum myself included knowing how shit it is.
Dear God in whatever places they dwell, I am Autism is revolting! I am so glad that I am Anxiety, I am a Stroke (all versions) and I am a Crisis executed the premise so much better and without being revolting or offensive. How the anxiety one described the traits of it, how the stroke ones described the impact, how the crisis one describes the many forms of crisis that can and does affect everyone in the world in one way or another without insulting those who have experienced them (a boiled sweet stuck in a child's throat, a sudden heart attack in a supermarket, a flood, an accident, all possible). Whereas THIS piece of work is treating autism like some homewrecker, some abuser, some vile thing when autism is just someone's brain being wired differently. If people get divorced because they have an autistic child, they should never have gotten married or had kids because they clearly can't handle any challenges, great or small, thrown their way.
the main difference is that anxiety/strokes/crises are actively damaging things that people *should* be concerned about while autism/autistic people don’t deserve to be dehumanized and fear mongered like that
I feel like a lot of parents that complain just want others to parent for them so they don’t have to do it 🤷🏼♀️ same ones who wanna remove anything not for children from the internet so they don’t have to worry about controlling what their children see 👀
Before I learned autism speaks was a hate group, I wanted to get the puzzle heart tattoo. Now I think my brother and stepdad are going to get it, and I wanna say something. I had a teacher who had a puzzle heart charm in her necklace. I don’t think she knew what the organization was because she was by far one of the kindest teachers I’ve ever had
My grandmother keeps getting puzzle piece ribbons and stuff in solidarity with me as an autistic person, and I keep having to tell her it was a symbol made by a hate group that wants to get rid of all forms of autism and autistic people. I keep telling her to look for the symbols actually adopted by the community, like the rainbow infinity symbol. But time and again she keeps forgetting (just today she tried to give me an awareness ribbon for April being Autism Awareness Month here in the US, and I had to explain it again). She also wants to make autism awareness her charity for her club she's in when she ascends to state president, and I told her to make sure to speak with me first so we can pick one that is actually helping autistic people and children and improving their quality of life, and not something like Autism $peaks.
I hope you said something! a lot of autistic ppl (including me) will be wary/avoid ppl with a puzzle piece tattoo bc you can never tell what they think of us
We must end Autism Speaks in some way, I'm not suggesting committing acts of terrorism to end these people, no, we must Project Mayhem these sons of bitches.
The way I physically curled up and cringed at even seeing the words “I am autism”, as an autistic woman that ad and Autism Speaks in general are truly disgusting.
as someone who possibly has autism (i say possibly since i cannot get professionally diagnosed) my jaw dropped hearing that ad. i hate hearing the whole “we can beat/cure autism!” thing. it makes autism seem like this big bad thing we should be scared of and just leads to people not willing to understand what it actually is
@@roxas4636 Don't worry! Most people in the community agree that autism is so often overlooked that it's perfectly fine to self diagnosis it. After all, what will change? You won't beat yourself up over triggers? Great!
TAC isn't known as an insurance company as they only have an insurance claim for when you're injured in a crash. Ask 99% of Aussies and I don't think they would know about their insurance claims
i had to watch the stop the cycle PSA in class once and it is disturbing but it's a good PSA because it gets the message across. Also yes, here in the UK people literally complain about everything lmao
I was having a pretty decent day until that autism speaks ad started playing, dear lord, as an autistic man, that sent me into an absolute rage. I've had to hear the same talking points in that ad over and over again from family who refuse to understand my condition nor choose to ease the aches and pains that come with it.
It's sad that autism speaks treats being on the spectrum as a debilitating llness that will eventually kill your child and take away everything you love and turn them into some kind of heartless monster because of the way they were born.
The UK "No Pressure" PSAs (as well as the fake Australian "Set Yourself Free" one) always made me laugh because they were clearly just British/Australian humor of using over-the-top violence/dark themes in such an absurd way. Same thing for "How Much Is That Doggy" actually too. I know a lot of people hate that PSA because of the implied animal cruelty, and don't get me wrong I HATE animal cruelty, but the "Give us a pound...or we'll have to pull the trigger" is just such great dark humor.
I love/hate the No Pressure ones just because of how much they make me think of if it had been a gory Monty Python skit. Like, I hate how it’s like “do this or we’ll blast you” but the nonchalance with it is very much like a comedy skit than a PSA.
I seem to have some crazy Mandela Effect thing going on that whenever I think about/remember the "How Much Is That Doggy?" PSA I recall there being a gunshot after it cuts to the end card and gives the RSPCA info.
@@Zach.R I've seen it plenty of times, I know that it doesn't happen and never has, but every time I watch it I keep expecting it to happen. It's weird.
@@ebagentj yeah honestly that's pretty wild. Wait actually I recon someone like Nostalgia Critic talked about the PSA and probably added the sound effect at the end. Just guessing as I haven't watched NC in years
Fun Story About The 10/10 PSA. I Saw This One From A Young Age. The Music Played At The End Is "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" From The Radiohead Album In Rainbows. I Became A Radiohead Fan Recently And Always Thought Weird Fishes Sounded Familiar. I Always Said That It "Sounded Like Something From An Late 2000s To Early 2010s Advert" So I Guess The 10/10 PSA Started My Obession With Radiohead Lol.
I remember I saw "Boy" during the Super Bowl and being angry about it just because they were associating a corporation and selling insurance with a kid dying. But now it just makes me laugh.
18:00- OK, if that woman's who I think it is, then the man she was a co-star for in the *Pirates of the Caribbean* movies was once childhood friends with my father
I saw that one as a kid on Hello I'm A Pizzas channel and rewatching as an adult it still unsettled me with how quickly it became bleak. But it's definitely understandable to get your message across. It's sad to think this is a reality
I have autism/Asperger's and the "I Am Autism" PSA pisses me off to no end. I mean comparing autism, even severe autism, to diabetes, pediatric AIDS, and CANCER?! WTF?! And of course Autism Speaks complains about how hard severe autism is for the family... think about how much harder it must be for the actual person with the disability! I don't see anyone comparing severe cerebral palsy (I have very mild CP) to AIDS or cancer, despite the fact that some people with very severe spastic CP die early of medical complications, unlike autism, which is not a terminal illness. I don't see anyone trying to cure CP with fucking voodoo, prayer, or herbs, or blaming it on vaccines. Why are physical disabilities understood better than communication disabilities? Oh, and by the way, you know who made I Am Autism? Fucking Alfonso Cuaron! Director of Gravity and Roma! He has an autistic son and apparently views autism in this scaremongering way! The sad thing too is that the organizations (like ASAN) that have risen in opposition to Autism Speaks are no better. They compare ABA (one of the most effective interventions for autism and other disabilities) to child abuse and often don't consider autism a disability at all, but rather a "different way of thinking". They also believe in FC/RPM because they want to "prove" that low-functioning (a label they hate for some reason) autistic people think the same way as high-functioning autistic people, despite the fact that FC and RPM have both been extensively debunked and have led to dangerous consequences, and that AAC is a way of actually representing the nonverbal person's "voice". It's like there's no middle ground and it really sucks.
Thanks for these! Love the content! Always found PSAs an interesting interesting subject. And us British can be a bunch of devils with them can't we! Some of these came out before my time while I was alive for some. I may have seen them but I probably would've been too young to remember them honestly. But fun fact about the Hooked one. That PSA came out in 2007 right? Well there were print versions of it too, the message from the end and images of the closeup of the hooked mouth. My local GP (local doctors) never changes the posters. 14 years later one of those Hooked prints is still up on the wall. Ik some places sell their old posters and prints so I'm kinda tempted to ask if I can buy it from them when they finally take it down. Better than it just going in the bin right?
Show how a woman at the bottom fell into an unfortunate cycle is a good PSA, Kill two students who don't want to turn off the lights, or kill a whole classroom of children by a overspeed car isn't.
Aside from autism speaks and 10 10, I find the over dramatization and scaring the viewers is what a psa is all about. I remember some of these like it was yesterday and i agree that UK rspca is scaring people to get their message across, its also in your face facts. You're going to remember the poor dogs face with a gun to its head and you'll think twice about buying that puppy because its just soooo cute! Can't even tell you how many dog and cats roam free in our city because they don't care. I've rescued 5 animals and My friends owns a cat rescue cause it's so bad here and even though I do find them to be harsh, when it comes down to it I find myself saying "ooooofff, facts" to a lot of these. They have to kill them after a week sometimes. I almost wanna be scared with a psa so I undressed how serious the situation is lol I feel that shit haha
That Hooked smoking psa would of had me pissing myself laughing if I saw that as a kid. Guy in psa looks like a bum and then gets dragged on the floor. Freaking hilarious.
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As someone who is close to the spectrum, that ad instantly made my good mood drop into instant anger. Autism Speaks doesn't care, they want to mock us
I'm sorry but what do you mean by "close to the spectrum"? It's a diagnosis - yes it's a spectrum but at the same time you either have it or you do not. I'm actually on the spectrum and have a diagnosis, and I don't like it when people trivialize my disability like it's a personality trait. That being said, Autism Speaks are absolute cunts and I agree with you on that.
And they supported the Rottenberg Center, which administers electric shocks to its autistic residents as discipline.
As usual, fuck Autism Speaks
It honestly sickens me that even after all these years autism speaks is still the organisation people look towards, despite most people on the spectrum myself included knowing how shit it is.
I once wrote an oral report about how terrible they are and played I Am Autism afterwards. I hope I changed minds that day.
Dear God in whatever places they dwell, I am Autism is revolting!
I am so glad that I am Anxiety, I am a Stroke (all versions) and I am a Crisis executed the premise so much better and without being revolting or offensive. How the anxiety one described the traits of it, how the stroke ones described the impact, how the crisis one describes the many forms of crisis that can and does affect everyone in the world in one way or another without insulting those who have experienced them (a boiled sweet stuck in a child's throat, a sudden heart attack in a supermarket, a flood, an accident, all possible).
Whereas THIS piece of work is treating autism like some homewrecker, some abuser, some vile thing when autism is just someone's brain being wired differently. If people get divorced because they have an autistic child, they should never have gotten married or had kids because they clearly can't handle any challenges, great or small, thrown their way.
the main difference is that anxiety/strokes/crises are actively damaging things that people *should* be concerned about while autism/autistic people don’t deserve to be dehumanized and fear mongered like that
@@nickythehickey Fully agreed! Autism can come with challenges but is not a bad thing.
I feel like a lot of parents that complain just want others to parent for them so they don’t have to do it 🤷🏼♀️ same ones who wanna remove anything not for children from the internet so they don’t have to worry about controlling what their children see 👀
Before I learned autism speaks was a hate group, I wanted to get the puzzle heart tattoo. Now I think my brother and stepdad are going to get it, and I wanna say something. I had a teacher who had a puzzle heart charm in her necklace. I don’t think she knew what the organization was because she was by far one of the kindest teachers I’ve ever had
My grandmother keeps getting puzzle piece ribbons and stuff in solidarity with me as an autistic person, and I keep having to tell her it was a symbol made by a hate group that wants to get rid of all forms of autism and autistic people. I keep telling her to look for the symbols actually adopted by the community, like the rainbow infinity symbol. But time and again she keeps forgetting (just today she tried to give me an awareness ribbon for April being Autism Awareness Month here in the US, and I had to explain it again). She also wants to make autism awareness her charity for her club she's in when she ascends to state president, and I told her to make sure to speak with me first so we can pick one that is actually helping autistic people and children and improving their quality of life, and not something like Autism $peaks.
I hope you said something! a lot of autistic ppl (including me) will be wary/avoid ppl with a puzzle piece tattoo bc you can never tell what they think of us
We must end Autism Speaks in some way, I'm not suggesting committing acts of terrorism to end these people, no, we must Project Mayhem these sons of bitches.
The way I physically curled up and cringed at even seeing the words “I am autism”, as an autistic woman that ad and Autism Speaks in general are truly disgusting.
i feel the same way sister. i love how everything for autistic people is for parents of autistic people
As someone with high functioning autism, I 100 percent agree that this "PSA" is terrible! It makes us look like monsters.
as someone who possibly has autism (i say possibly since i cannot get professionally diagnosed) my jaw dropped hearing that ad. i hate hearing the whole “we can beat/cure autism!” thing. it makes autism seem like this big bad thing we should be scared of and just leads to people not willing to understand what it actually is
@@roxas4636
Don't worry! Most people in the community agree that autism is so often overlooked that it's perfectly fine to self diagnosis it. After all, what will change? You won't beat yourself up over triggers? Great!
And people still consider Autism Speaks a beneficial foundation...
I still feel uneasy when my friends and family wear their merchandise
It'd be funny ngl if their own suffered.
5:00 people got mad at nationwide for making a psa because they sell insurance but people are just fine with the insurance company TAC making psas.
TAC isn't known as an insurance company as they only have an insurance claim for when you're injured in a crash. Ask 99% of Aussies and I don't think they would know about their insurance claims
i had to watch the stop the cycle PSA in class once and it is disturbing but it's a good PSA because it gets the message across. Also yes, here in the UK people literally complain about everything lmao
I hate The Autisim Speaks PSA.
What makes it worse was that It was made in 2009, the year I was born.
I have autisim
everything about Autism Speaks is awful. i am autisic and they wont let me speak
Yeah all I hear about the company is that they really suck
I don't call them an organization when I talk about them. I call them a hate group.
How would caring more for the planet stop a tsunami?
I was having a pretty decent day until that autism speaks ad started playing, dear lord, as an autistic man, that sent me into an absolute rage. I've had to hear the same talking points in that ad over and over again from family who refuse to understand my condition nor choose to ease the aches and pains that come with it.
It's sad that autism speaks treats being on the spectrum as a debilitating llness that will eventually kill your child and take away everything you love and turn them into some kind of heartless monster because of the way they were born.
The UK "No Pressure" PSAs (as well as the fake Australian "Set Yourself Free" one) always made me laugh because they were clearly just British/Australian humor of using over-the-top violence/dark themes in such an absurd way. Same thing for "How Much Is That Doggy" actually too. I know a lot of people hate that PSA because of the implied animal cruelty, and don't get me wrong I HATE animal cruelty, but the "Give us a pound...or we'll have to pull the trigger" is just such great dark humor.
I love/hate the No Pressure ones just because of how much they make me think of if it had been a gory Monty Python skit. Like, I hate how it’s like “do this or we’ll blast you” but the nonchalance with it is very much like a comedy skit than a PSA.
I remember the second one was a superbowl ad. I was surprised to see it as I wasn't expecting an psa during the superbowl commercials slot
I seem to have some crazy Mandela Effect thing going on that whenever I think about/remember the "How Much Is That Doggy?" PSA I recall there being a gunshot after it cuts to the end card and gives the RSPCA info.
Interesting, I knew that never happened but yeah for you it must have been a Mandela effect kind of thing.
@@Zach.R I've seen it plenty of times, I know that it doesn't happen and never has, but every time I watch it I keep expecting it to happen. It's weird.
@@ebagentj yeah honestly that's pretty wild. Wait actually I recon someone like Nostalgia Critic talked about the PSA and probably added the sound effect at the end. Just guessing as I haven't watched NC in years
@@Zach.R Same, although I did used to watch him and he did like to put PSAs into his commercial compilations, so that could be where I got it from.
@@ebagentj yeah maybe. I have no idea aha
IM SORRY BUT THE “I AM AUTISM ONE” MADE ME PISS MYSELF LAUGHING
NAH LAUGHT YOUR ASS OFF ITS HORRIBLE IN EVERYWAY
Fun Story About The 10/10 PSA. I Saw This One From A Young Age. The Music Played At The End Is "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" From The Radiohead Album In Rainbows. I Became A Radiohead Fan Recently And Always Thought Weird Fishes Sounded Familiar. I Always Said That It "Sounded Like Something From An Late 2000s To Early 2010s Advert" So I Guess The 10/10 PSA Started My Obession With Radiohead Lol.
I remember I saw "Boy" during the Super Bowl and being angry about it just because they were associating a corporation and selling insurance with a kid dying. But now it just makes me laugh.
I'm genuinely confused by autism Speaks. autism isn't a murderer or a cult. so why are they treating it like it is? like do they hear themselves?!
Simple, because they hate autistic people. Its literally not that hard to understand.
Because they hate and don’t know a fucking thing about autism.
I got confused and thought you were asking and was to tell you about austim speaks
Oh, they hear themselves clearly. They just don't hear actual autistic people speaking.
was that rspca ad (the one with the gun) based off a cover for the national lampoon from like 1973? i doubt, but they looked very similar!
I think it was, yes. :-)
Yeah and the banned version of it literally says GIVE US THE MONEY OR YOU’LL SEE BEAU’S BRAINS!
I like that it ends with it being thrown away, people dump dogs, also the co2 ad is nice
18:00- OK, if that woman's who I think it is, then the man she was a co-star for in the *Pirates of the Caribbean* movies was once childhood friends with my father
"People though the CO2 PSA was scare-mongering." So...they were afraid of the truth?
They don't want to change, they want to maintain their first-world way of life.
I'd be wondering about the other 60% tbh
I saw that one as a kid on Hello I'm A Pizzas channel and rewatching as an adult it still unsettled me with how quickly it became bleak. But it's definitely understandable to get your message across. It's sad to think this is a reality
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I have autism/Asperger's and the "I Am Autism" PSA pisses me off to no end. I mean comparing autism, even severe autism, to diabetes, pediatric AIDS, and CANCER?! WTF?! And of course Autism Speaks complains about how hard severe autism is for the family... think about how much harder it must be for the actual person with the disability! I don't see anyone comparing severe cerebral palsy (I have very mild CP) to AIDS or cancer, despite the fact that some people with very severe spastic CP die early of medical complications, unlike autism, which is not a terminal illness. I don't see anyone trying to cure CP with fucking voodoo, prayer, or herbs, or blaming it on vaccines. Why are physical disabilities understood better than communication disabilities? Oh, and by the way, you know who made I Am Autism? Fucking Alfonso Cuaron! Director of Gravity and Roma! He has an autistic son and apparently views autism in this scaremongering way!
The sad thing too is that the organizations (like ASAN) that have risen in opposition to Autism Speaks are no better. They compare ABA (one of the most effective interventions for autism and other disabilities) to child abuse and often don't consider autism a disability at all, but rather a "different way of thinking". They also believe in FC/RPM because they want to "prove" that low-functioning (a label they hate for some reason) autistic people think the same way as high-functioning autistic people, despite the fact that FC and RPM have both been extensively debunked and have led to dangerous consequences, and that AAC is a way of actually representing the nonverbal person's "voice". It's like there's no middle ground and it really sucks.
"That's not true, I can quit anytime!" -Someone who complained about the Hooked PSA
The AIDS one is unintentionally hilarious with how the baby flips in the air.
Thanks for these! Love the content! Always found PSAs an interesting interesting subject. And us British can be a bunch of devils with them can't we! Some of these came out before my time while I was alive for some. I may have seen them but I probably would've been too young to remember them honestly. But fun fact about the Hooked one. That PSA came out in 2007 right? Well there were print versions of it too, the message from the end and images of the closeup of the hooked mouth. My local GP (local doctors) never changes the posters. 14 years later one of those Hooked prints is still up on the wall. Ik some places sell their old posters and prints so I'm kinda tempted to ask if I can buy it from them when they finally take it down. Better than it just going in the bin right?
So.... Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals PSA....it's based off National Lampoon magazine cover
Who knows aha
@@GhostBusters-wb4un I thought it was possible, but ve check the cover was 1973 and the PSA 1987
10-10 & Autism Speaks…definitely get the controversy. Other than those… 🤷🏾♀️
Show how a woman at the bottom fell into an unfortunate cycle is a good PSA,
Kill two students who don't want to turn off the lights, or kill a whole classroom of children by a overspeed car isn't.
Aside from autism speaks and 10 10, I find the over dramatization and scaring the viewers is what a psa is all about. I remember some of these like it was yesterday and i agree that UK rspca is scaring people to get their message across, its also in your face facts. You're going to remember the poor dogs face with a gun to its head and you'll think twice about buying that puppy because its just soooo cute! Can't even tell you how many dog and cats roam free in our city because they don't care. I've rescued 5 animals and My friends owns a cat rescue cause it's so bad here and even though I do find them to be harsh, when it comes down to it I find myself saying "ooooofff, facts" to a lot of these. They have to kill them after a week sometimes. I almost wanna be scared with a psa so I undressed how serious the situation is lol I feel that shit haha
I think I heard of I Am Autism, I heard it somewhere
Gosh autism speaks is talking like autism is worse than aids like idk I know a lot of people on the spectrum and wouldn’t change them for the world
As someone who's autistic, the I Am Autism PSA makes me so ANGRY. Autism Speaks wants us to be eradicated.
Love the content
Thanks heaps!!
As someone with Aspergers I find the I Am Autism PSA offensive.
Same, since I have ADHD
Then you should also probably look into why using aspergers as a term is also considered offensive.
Please don’t use the term Aspergers. It was literally named after and coined by someone who was in league with nazis.
I'm ngl, I thought I'd see Amok on here
That Hooked smoking psa would of had me pissing myself laughing if I saw that as a kid. Guy in psa looks like a bum and then gets dragged on the floor. Freaking hilarious.
btw you didn't put that one? that kill a whole classroom of children one?
I'm surprised that Gillette toxic masculinity commercial wasn't on here. Though I don't know if that's considered a psa.
Yeah nah it isn't considered to be a PSA as it is advertising Gillette razors but that ad does suck
@@Zach.R what separates that commercial with the nation wide one?
@@GameDayonYT because the nationwide ones an actual psa.
R Zach PSAs return
Probably not going to happen, just don't have anything else to say about PSAs