Time magazine has an article on the response that many in the autism community had to the "I Am Autism" video created by Autism Speaks:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1935959,00.html

"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.