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...Have a baby by me, baby! Be a millionaire” and “you can feel every inch of it when we intimate / I’ll use my tongue baby, I’ll leave you sprung baby.” R&B star Ne-Yo contributes to the blithe fun in the song’s hook, explaining in his most sincere croon, “bet I’ll have you gone,” and, with a quick-paced, commanding tone, and repeatedly implores, “come see what I mean...
Some autistic "self advocates" are furious over the tone of the video. "We don't want to be portrayed as burdens or objects of fear and pity," insists Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, a 15-chapter group he built while attending college at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "Apparently, should my parents divorce, it's all my fault," says Ne'eman, who received a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, a relatively mild form of autism, at age 12. (See TIME's photo-essay "A Journey into the World of Autism...
...Ne'eman's group has organized protest rallies around the country. These advocates argue that if Autism Speaks had more people with ASD on its board, its messages would be more sensitive to the individuals it seeks to help, and it might also devote more resources to improving services to people with autism now - as opposed to basic research and genetic studies that may not pay off for years. "Groups like Autism Speaks choose to use fear and stigma to raise money, but very little is going toward services, research into improved educational methodologies and things that have a practical...
That may help tone down the "fear and pity" image of autism that Ne'eman and other self-advocates protest. But perhaps more effective - and certainly funnier - are the parodies, some created by people with autism, that skewer the Autism Speaks video, including "I Am Socks" and "I Am Autism Speaks...
French president Nicolas Sarkozy drew heat last month when he suggested that countries should factor happiness into their statistics for growth. After all, Sarkozy campaigned on promises of wealth creation, and rejigging the data to include France's welfare system, famously generous holidays, and je ne sais quoi seems like an easy way to fulfill a promise he is struggling to keep...