# Another Worthless Celebrity Anti-Vaxer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734 "2014-03-14T23:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 118
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734/118 "2014-03-19T15:58:30Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > It’s a sort of sick irony, when you really get down to it, that this is part of the problem with the antivaccine movement. The implication that autism is the most awful thing that can happen to a child, and of course that it’s worse than the chance of dying from infectious diseases. This utter devaluation of the life of autistic children which is so characteristic of those within the movement. That hits the nail on the head. This is why organizations like Autism Speaks, even though they have distanced themselves from their anti-vax roots, are so insidious and why autistic adults dislike them so much. They reinforce the belief that autism is something to be terrified of and they use language like “fight autism” or “combat autism.” It especially devalues the lives of autistic adults. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734)._