It would seem that the Autistic Self Advocacy Network was more fiscally responsible in 2015 than in previous years. However, looking at their tax form gives a clearer picture:
I admit that I'm not an accountant or any kind of tax expert. Perhaps there's something in the forms that I'm not reading correctly. However, it would seem from a perusal of their statement that if this trend keeps up over a period of years this organization could become bankrupt at some point. Though they still are in the black as far as their total assets are concerned.
Ari Ne'eman has announced that he will step down as president of ASAN and still serve on the board while his colleague Julia Bascom will take over as president of ASAN. The timing of this may have been a coincidence, however, Gadfly has speculated that Ne'eman was counting on an appointment to a high fallutin' disabilities post in a Hillary Clinton administration. In response to Donald Trump, Ne'eman has stated, "I don't work with fascists." This means that if he keeps his promise, he would decline the same post in Donald Trump's new administration when they start January 20. It should also mean that Samantha Crane or whoever else holds ASAN's seat on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee should resign as soon as Trump is Inaugurated. Somehow I don't think that's going to happen.
Perhaps there's another reason for his stepping down as president. Maybe he didn't want to be in charge of a sinking ship.
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Trump should hire me so I can lock up all of these Neuronitwits for fraud.
I think you'd have to get congress to change the laws governing 501(c)'s first. Though what ASAN has done might not be terribly ethical, as far as I know it's not illegal.
They're deliberately lying about autism. That's all the Neuronitwits have ever done. That's fraud.
Many charities are frauds that do little to help and ASAN reminds me of that uncle Tom rapper and greedy sell out Wyclef Jean and his Haitian Charity misusing most of the donated money. The many self advocacy groups for so called "developmentally disabled" persons are frauds and Regional center stooges.
They don't know how much suffering they condone. I can't believe it.
The key is how much they spent on actually helping people. Johnathan, what did the document say about how much was spent on their programs?
@AndreaJ they spend very little on actual programs. About half their overhead goes to salaries, a huge portion of it goes to rents and other overhead. They spend a small amount of money on promoting rights and their message which probably means going to autism speaks walks and harassing people. They spend a little bit of money claiming that they are helping to improve access to medical care for persons on the spectrum and they got a three year grant for it last year, but it is a small percentage of their budget. Very little of it goes for anything that could even be construed as benefiting persons on the spectrum
Oh yeah, i guess they also spend a considerable amount lobbying congress which I suppose some could claim is indirectly helping people, but I don't buy that
I've actually done the math. Ari's salary + the salary of the other staff equals around 455000. 618000 - 45500 equals 163000. So, if not counting the other expenses, they are using only 16% of their funds to actually helping people. Invisible Children - who is alleged to have only spent 30% of their funds on charity work at one point - had a larger portion of money set aside to helping people than ASAN. Yes, Invisible Children earned more money, but a good charity can find a way to stretch out their dollars.
Also don't get why Ari keeps increasing his salary. It's not like he's living in an expensive town. Last time I checked, there are Wal-Marts and $1,000 apartments in Washington D.C.. Did his parents not teach him good money skills? If he's spending a good portion of the money to protesting Autism Speaks around the country, then maybe he should travel less and use the money into actually helping people.
I agree, but I don't think ASAN is actually interested in helping people and their behavior is par for the course for the neurodiversity movement.
Ne'eman received $155,502 in 2015 for being the chair of the National Council on Disability, so he is in a lot of hurt if he expected to work for Clinton.
He made 156,000 dollars, yet still demanded to take in a ninety thousand dollar salary from ASAN! That makes it even worse!
Thank you I almost feel like interviewing you I have yet to see someone as determined to find a cure for autism as you I am also very determined to find a cure for autism I even thought about running for president if necessary to get the world out that autism needs to have a cure we want it we need it and it exists.
[Yes We Do Need And Want A Cure And suppressing ,ignoring its existence is really messed up to us who desire to be normal functioning and healthy ]. [Just because most autistics don't claim to want a cure doesn't make it all autistics don't want a cure (stop rounding off to the highest number your hurting me) message to the Anti-Cure ][If you advocating for an ASD cure you're not making any mistake your the resistance system it's doing it,be my voice fight for my cure my life needs salvation from autism and it's wrong to suppress the cure your picking sides (Give me a Cure plz) ][A" Society That Wants A Cure ls Not Friendly To Autistic People" Common A Society That Wants A Cure For Alzheimer's Is Not Friendly To Forgetful people either and a cancer cure society is unfriendly to people who have cancer as well love your illness [They expect us to live in this crappy state of being our whole lives because show dare we cure ourselves and be healthy with a bright future stop the there is no cure put downs /false hopelessness Lies /propaganda ]
Shold Autism Be Cured?
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we all know how confusing and complex autism is but does it have to be this way the answer is NO. Autism is a label or stigma given by quacks who call themselves real doctors and make there dignosis using the DSM 5 criteria which is a non science based forum that has its disorders invented out of thin air thus knowone ever knows the cause and cure of the so called disorder as a result labeling every variation and everyday problems as mental disorders.
What people commonly believe autism is a legitame mental dignosis (False)
A gift (false)
An answer to your problems and or who you truly are or any kind of reliefe(false)
How should we view autism with what perspective should autism be seen with.
Varifiable resonable answer Below Do an honest unbiased investigation put your beliefs and opinions aside and encorage the whole examination and equation without omission of any kind , you should look at the good and the bad without a bias.
you should strive for solusions or good like they say strive for light godly light .
Backwards thinkind and deception and alternative realities and facts or any demonic activity should be banned during this evaluation.
finally if you do come up with the conclusion of a cure you should strive for it without making foolish excuses like I am too lazy for example your well beeing should matter to you.
Why the restrictions on how you should look at this issue ? The reason why we said what we said is because this what written from a christian view / perspective as the author of this article is christian thus we do not believe in darkness or unregulated tolerance and love and acceptance we ask you to use your critical disernment when examining any issues regarding morality
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