Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 2 minutes into the show and Imus started talking about autism again. He said he has a film clip that they are going to show in a little while of what these moms are dealing with. He said not all these kids are like the 'kid that scored the three pointer' and people should see what the families are going through. Stay tuned.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I missed it! Did they say it will be on again? > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I've just finished crying. I might jump on the Autism Speaks bandwagon.... Re: Imus on Autism I missed it! Did they say it will be on again?>> The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I really admire . The video and her comments were so geniune. It would be so easy for her to keep this private and not stir the proverbial pot. When she had her son who she said was 6 & 1/2 years old, and she had him on the living floor wiping his butt with baby wipes. Everyone has to see this PSA. Imus spoke before he aired it and mentioned the kid hitting 6 -3 pointers a few months ago and he had autism. He said people think based on stories like that, if you just leave your autistic kid alone that they'll be fine. God bless the kids who are like J-Mac the basketball player, but there are a lot more kids like the ones shown in the Autsim Speaks PSA. > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Bobbie is right; this is the kind of PSA we need airing continuously. To feel the impact of this is unlike any other segment I have seen; not that it has not been done before, nut so many examples in such a short time....so much was covered .Behaviors, Finances, Dreams lost, Worries od the future...and all from the parents and children living it, not from reporters Is there a way we can get a copy of this, Bobbie, to present to legislators, educators, therapists, etc? For PAC, SPED meetings, and at committee hearings? MA, and other states, ae absolutely ready for this......Thanks, Suzanne Messina REAACH, MFVC, AO From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of bobbie manning Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:22 AM EOHarm Subject: Re: Imus on Autism The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 on 5/10/06 6:17 AM, bobbie manning at bmanning83@... wrote: 2 minutes into the show and Imus started talking about autism again. He said he has a film clip that they are going to show in a little while of what these moms are dealing with. He said not all these kids are like the 'kid that scored the three pointer' and people should see what the families are going through. Stay tuned.... I'm so pissed I missed it. One of the moms videotaped was my friend Michele, who has 3 boys with autism. She went to the BIG dinner last night where they played this video. She told me that Bush was going to be there- and . I asked her to thank for all of us. i told her to tell " please ask your husband to take mercury out of vaccines " lol-- don't think she did. I'll get a report and get back to y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Why haven't they put it up on the Autism Speaks website? > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Regarding this PSA - I have not seen this but I am sure it is powerful. Just remember, however, that Autism Speaks is a great PR and marketing machine but not a real organization of parents. They have a paid staff of people - but not the hands on passion and knowledge that exists in a number of grassroots parent organizations. But they have no " Bandwagon. " The heavy lifting has been done and will continue to be done by ordinary parents like us in our various organizations. Autism Speaks has not led that and I don't think they can nor should they. We need our own leaders - not mere public relations stunts. Any tangible accomplishment, especially the state thimerosal bans, the coalition for insurance coverage for autism in NY, the science initiatives and others has been done by ordinary parents. A PSA that is effective will help us, but real organization by parents can only be done by us, not by a marketing machine. We can use the marketing exposure - but that has to be followed by organizational structure and membership by parents with a real agenda that addresses our needs. Toothpaste joint ventures and celebrity marketing raises money, may raise " awareness " but does not drive home our issues in legislatures. So while I am glad that this PSA has appeared and I am eager to see it, let's keep our eye on the ball and not jump on a bandwagon that is a marketing engine and not a true organization of parents. Use the publicity it generates to make our points - that is no substitute for the hands on advocacy that we need to engage in. On May 10, 2006, at 8:21 AM, suzanne messina wrote: > >         Bobbie is right; this is the kind of PSA we need airing > continuously. To feel the impact of this is unlike any other segment > I have seen; not that it has not been done before, nut so many > examples in such a short time....so much was covered .Behaviors, > Finances, Dreams lost, Worries od the future...and all from the > parents and children living it, not from reporters >  >  Is there a way we can get a copy of this, Bobbie, to present to > legislators, educators, therapists, etc? For PAC, SPED meetings, and > at committee hearings? MA, and other states, ae absolutely ready for > this......Thanks, Suzanne Messina   REAACH, MFVC, AO >  > > From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf > Of bobbie manning > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:22 AM > EOHarm > Subject: Re: Imus on Autism >  > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > >  > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Right .that is why having this available to parent- run organizations, as part of our (many) presentations would be so effective ....it was a mirror reflecting our lives, so this would be an effective component to a well developed presentation, including testimony from local constituents, and presentations of scientific data Suzanne REAACH From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of J. Krakow Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:15 AM EOHarm Subject: Re: Imus on Autism Regarding this PSA - I have not seen this but I am sure it is powerful. Just remember, however, that Autism Speaks is a great PR and marketing machine but not a real organization of parents. They have a paid staff of people - but not the hands on passion and knowledge that exists in a number of grassroots parent organizations. But they have no " Bandwagon. " The heavy lifting has been done and will continue to be done by ordinary parents like us in our various organizations. Autism Speaks has not led that and I don't think they can nor should they. We need our own leaders - not mere public relations stunts. Any tangible accomplishment, especially the state thimerosal bans, the coalition for insurance coverage for autism in NY, the science initiatives and others has been done by ordinary parents. A PSA that is effective will help us, but real organization by parents can only be done by us, not by a marketing machine. We can use the marketing exposure - but that has to be followed by organizational structure and membership by parents with a real agenda that addresses our needs. Toothpaste joint ventures and celebrity marketing raises money, may raise " awareness " but does not drive home our issues in legislatures. So while I am glad that this PSA has appeared and I am eager to see it, let's keep our eye on the ball and not jump on a bandwagon that is a marketing engine and not a true organization of parents. Use the publicity it generates to make our points - that is no substitute for the hands on advocacy that we need to engage in. On May 10, 2006, at 8:21 AM, suzanne messina wrote: Bobbie is right; this is the kind of PSA we need airing continuously. To feel the impact of this is unlike any other segment I have seen; not that it has not been done before, nut so many examples in such a short time....so much was covered .Behaviors, Finances, Dreams lost, Worries od the future...and all from the parents and children living it, not from reporters Is there a way we can get a copy of this, Bobbie, to present to legislators, educators, therapists, etc? For PAC, SPED meetings, and at committee hearings? MA, and other states, ae absolutely ready for this......Thanks, Suzanne Messina REAACH, MFVC, AO From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of bobbie manning Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:22 AM To: EOHarm Subject: Re: Imus on Autism The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I was in a puddle of tears and had real trouble getting myself together to get the kids off to school. I think it’s excessively hard for those of us to watch our lives in that fashion but extremely necessary for the rest of the population to see! Especially legislators! I agree autism speaks is just going at this in a much more manipulative manner. Bring on the manipulation! Shock and awe may take on a new meaning.- From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of Bradley Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:04 AM EOHarm Subject: Re: Re: Imus on Autism I've just finished crying. I might jump on the Autism Speaks bandwagon.... Re: Imus on Autism I missed it! Did they say it will be on again? > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 , you're so right. Story -- last year we had to consult with a family lawyer (not ours, another family member) because autism had just about bankrupted up and my husband had been out of work for almost 2 years. We had to sell our beautiful house in Cleveland and move in with my parents in Mass. My mother in law was helping us financially and the F'ing (yes, I'm angry) lawyer in Stamford CT says " how did you spend so much money so fast? You live in Cleveland, what kind of a lifestyle do you lead????? " I wanted to reach through the phone and strangle her -- she had NO EARTHLY CLUE what we had been through for 3, yes THREE autistic kids. I told my hsuband today, I hope that idiot lawyer was watching Imus -- maybe even she learned something.....- -- In EOHarm , " Chap 'n Ali " <chapnalli@...> wrote: > > I was in a puddle of tears and had real trouble getting myself together to > get the kids off to school. I think it's excessively hard for those of us > to watch our lives in that fashion but extremely necessary for the rest of > the population to see! Especially legislators! I agree autism speaks is > just going at this in a much more manipulative manner. Bring on the > manipulation! Shock and awe may take on a new meaning.- > > > > _____ > > From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of > Bradley > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:04 AM > EOHarm > Subject: Re: Re: Imus on Autism > > > > I've just finished crying. I might jump on the Autism Speaks bandwagon.... > > > > > > Re: Imus on Autism > > > > I missed it! Did they say it will be on again? > > > > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I e-mailed Autism Speaks and asked them to please put the PSA on their websiteChap 'n Ali <chapnalli@...> wrote: I was in a puddle of tears and had real trouble getting myself together to get the kids off to school. I think it’s excessively hard for those of us to watch our lives in that fashion but extremely necessary for the rest of the population to see! Especially legislators! I agree autism speaks is just going at this in a much more manipulative manner. Bring on the manipulation! Shock and awe may take on a new meaning.- From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of BradleySent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:04 AMEOHarm Subject: Re: Re: Imus on Autism I've just finished crying. I might jump on the Autism Speaks bandwagon.... Re: Imus on Autism I missed it! Did they say it will be on again?>> The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 How about posting it on here??? Barb RE: Imus on Autism Bobbie is right; this is the kind of PSA we need airing continuously. To feel the impact of this is unlike any other segment I have seen; not that it has not been done before, nut so many examples in such a short time....so much was covered .Behaviors, Finances, Dreams lost, Worries od the future...and all from the parents and children living it, not from reporters Is there a way we can get a copy of this, Bobbie, to present to legislators, educators, therapists, etc? For PAC, SPED meetings, and at committee hearings? MA, and other states, ae absolutely ready for this......Thanks, Suzanne Messina REAACH, MFVC, AO From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of bobbie manningSent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:22 AMEOHarm Subject: Re: Imus on Autism The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 It was more than what I consider a PSA (brief and to the point). It lasted several minutes and showed so many kids in so many different situations. The parents were able to convey their feelings, frustrations, and fears. Really touches the heart as we can all identify with exactly what each parent was experiencing. This is a video that EVERY legislator needs to see. My sincere appreciation to everyone who participated and made this video possible. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 can somebody please post it so it can make my day!Lynda Huggins <oh_mom@...> wrote: It was more than what I consider a PSA (brief and to the point). It lasted several minutes and showed so many kids in so many different situations. The parents were able to convey their feelings, frustrations, and fears. Really touches the heart as we can all identify with exactly what each parent was experiencing. This is a video that EVERY legislator needs to see. My sincere appreciation to everyone who participated and made this video possible. Lynda goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Tie up Frist, Hastert, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Bush '41, Bush '43, Waxman and Kennedy and the others and force them to watch it again and again and again. RE: Imus on Autism Bobbie is right; this is the kind of PSA we need airing continuously. To feel the impact of this is unlike any other segment I have seen; not that it has not been done before, nut so many examples in such a short time....so much was covered .Behaviors, Finances, Dreams lost, Worries od the future...and all from the parents and children living it, not from reporters Is there a way we can get a copy of this, Bobbie, to present to legislators, educators, therapists, etc? For PAC, SPED meetings, and at committee hearings? MA, and other states, ae absolutely ready for this......Thanks, Suzanne Messina REAACH, MFVC, AO From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of bobbie manningSent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:22 AMEOHarm Subject: Re: Imus on Autism The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Maureen, I don’t know if it will make you day. You will probably break down crying hysterically. I was not expecting this reaction or I would not have watched it with my kids next to me. My girls came running to hug their incapacitated mother. My ASD son somehow realizing it was about him came to watch a small clip. Prepare yourself. There is a part where one of the mothers said she almost drove off a bridge with her ASD daughter and it was only the fact that she had another child to care for that she didn’t. Those thoughts have NEVER gone through my mind but I thought it was incredible brave and open of her to admit those feelings. This definitely depicted the “reality” of our lives and what we think and go through. “What will happen to him, if I die?” “I can’t die!” Very powerful.- From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of Maurine Meleck Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:49 AM EOHarm Subject: Re: Re: Imus on Autism can somebody please post it so it can make my day! Lynda Huggins <oh_mom@...> wrote: It was more than what I consider a PSA (brief and to the point). It lasted several minutes and showed so many kids in so many different situations. The parents were able to convey their feelings, frustrations, and fears. Really touches the heart as we can all identify with exactly what each parent was experiencing. This is a video that EVERY legislator needs to see. My sincere appreciation to everyone who participated and made this video possible. Lynda goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Is this on the Autism Speaks web site? I missed it since I have to be at work at 7:30. I watched Imus as long as I could until I had to put my son on the bus and get to work. > > From: " andrea52521991 " <mkeller@...> > Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 08:15:48 EDT > EOHarm > Subject: Re: Imus on Autism > > I really admire . > > The video and her comments were so geniune. It would be so easy for > her to keep this private and not stir the proverbial pot. > > When she had her son who she said was 6 & 1/2 years old, and she had > him on the living floor wiping his butt with baby wipes. > > Everyone has to see this PSA. > > Imus spoke before he aired it and mentioned the kid hitting 6 -3 > pointers a few months ago and he had autism. He said people think > based on stories like that, if you just leave your autistic kid > alone that they'll be fine. > > God bless the kids who are like J-Mac the basketball player, but > there are a lot more kids like the ones shown in the Autsim Speaks > PSA. > > > > > > > > > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 No, as yet it is not on their site <tylerhaley01@...> wrote: Is this on the Autism Speaks web site? I missed it since I have to be at work at 7:30. I watched Imus as long as I could until I had to put my son on the bus and get to work.> > From: "andrea52521991" <mkeller@...>> Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 08:15:48 EDT> EOHarm > Subject: Re: Imus on Autism> > I really admire .> > The video and her comments were so geniune. It would be so easy for > her to keep this private and not stir the proverbial pot.> > When she had her son who she said was 6 & 1/2 years old, and she had > him on the living floor wiping his butt with baby wipes. > > Everyone has to see this PSA. > > Imus spoke before he aired it and mentioned the kid hitting 6 -3 > pointers a few months ago and he had autism. He said people think > based on stories like that, if you just leave your autistic kid > alone that they'll be fine.> > God bless the kids who are like J-Mac the basketball player, but > there are a lot more kids like the ones shown in the Autsim Speaks > PSA.> > > > > > > > >> > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!!> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I just sent an e-mail to the Imus show at MSNBC: I was amazed by the clip you showed this morning on the Autism segment. I am a parent with a child who regressed into Autism after vaccinations, and have never seen a news organization get it so right. I was in an emotional PUDDLE while watching it. I am still trying to recover because we (parents of children with ASD) cannot stay in this “reality” state all of the time or we would all have breakdowns. Many parents missed the show and are requesting that it get posted somewhere. Is this going to be repeated? Also, this must be shown to every legislator and the rest of the world to show just what it is like to have a child with Autism with out the “savant-like” qualities that are constantly shown in the media. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Imus is a true hero to those of us in the Autism community. Yours truly, Chapman Re: Imus on Autism > > I really admire . > > The video and her comments were so geniune. It would be so easy for > her to keep this private and not stir the proverbial pot. > > When she had her son who she said was 6 & 1/2 years old, and she had > him on the living floor wiping his butt with baby wipes. > > Everyone has to see this PSA. > > Imus spoke before he aired it and mentioned the kid hitting 6 -3 > pointers a few months ago and he had autism. He said people think > based on stories like that, if you just leave your autistic kid > alone that they'll be fine. > > God bless the kids who are like J-Mac the basketball player, but > there are a lot more kids like the ones shown in the Autsim Speaks > PSA. > > > > > > > > > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Bobbie,I am a video guy and this is the best I have ever seen and the only thing that shows what we as parents are going though (but what our children are going though I believe, is much worse) from what will happen to our children if something happens to us to the fear that our children will get hit by a car etc, etc. etc.... A BIG THANK YOU! To Autism Speaks and to Don Imus thank God we have these people helping us! Jeff Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Can someone who saw it recount what it showed? Thanks, Vicky > > > > > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I forgot to add my wife and I were both sobbing uncontrolably at the end of this PSA. We just added a few more tears to the buckets of tears we have already cried. THIS PSA IS AMAZING!!! > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 It was over twenty minutes long. Highlighted four mothers w/ their autistic children (3 boys 1 girl- one of the mothers was ). It was divided into segments on certain topics. Example they would show something like " can't you.. And then the mothers would talk about something like their child having a tantrum in public or doing something not " normal " and people staring or judging or making rude comments. They stressed people should teach their children by their example. They hit on fears- of the future, fear child running in traffic, fear of the future financial problems, divorce rates, sleep deprivation, sibling issues, everything you name it. Poignant video and dialogue to match. Amazing I don't think anyone could thoroughly describe it. Something that must be seen. I too e-mailed autism speaks and someone else e-mailed Imus. Maybe we should contact MSNBC. They have to replay it. > > > > > > > > > > The best PSA I have ever seen. Amazing!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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