Screening - Citizen Autistic with William Davenport 

Please join the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in presenting Citizen Autistic with filmmaker William Davenport.

For a number of years the orgainzation Autism Speaks has been draining the community of funds and resources. This film exposes how Autism Speaks relies on propaganda and myths to fund their genetic research, not considering the families that it states to support. Featured interviews include Ari Ne'eman of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Landon Bryce of thAutcast, Robyn Steward, Rudy Simone, amoung others. Does Autism Speaks represent the autism communities authentic concerns, or are they only exploiting the cause for financial means? Is a self-diagnosed adult truly on the spectrum, or are they manufacturing a malady? The divide between parents of children on the spectrum and adults with autism/Aspergers is prevalent. Also featured in the film is an examinination of the horrors commited at the Judge Rotenberg center in the name of therapy.