Portia Archibald's AITA Story

AITA for calling out a person for supporting Autism Speaks?
This happened on Autism Mom Support Group and it was one of the members. It was a 49-year-old woman named Gloria Standish with her high-functioning autistic 15-year-old daughter, Juniper. She claimed that she supports Autism Speaks, so I went to Twitter account (@AutismMomGloria) and saw a comment that says: "Happy Autism Awareness Day from my daughter, Juniper! #autismspeaks #lightitupblue #autismawareness" It was a picture of Juniper wearing a pink collar shirt, a purple hoodie, denim jeans and black sneakers with white socks.

I called her out with this: "You should know that supporting Autism Speaks is bad for you, right?"

And guess what she did? SHE BLOCKED ME! It was a horrifying nightmare. Not only she blocked me on Twitter, but Instagram as well! Her Instagram account is gloriatheautismmom. While I still dislike Autism Speaks, I also had a son who had autism. His name is Raymond, he is 14, he had severe autism, is nonverbal, wears diapers, loves Bear in the Big Blue House, speaks with his GoTalk and even has seizures.

It's a good thing I use hashtags like #autismacceptance, #actuallyautistic and #redinstead.

So, AITA?

Comments
"NTA! Autism Awareness is WAY better than Autism Speaks! I also got blocked by that bitch!" - AutismSpeaksHater666

"NTA. No wonder Autism Speaks supporters are just assholes to begin with. I hate Gloria so much!" - TheAutisticArtist

”NTA. Autism Speaks is a very heartless group for demonizing people on the spectrum. This mother has no clue.” — Yugiohfan04