I'm not a huge follower of "causes". In fact, I'm a little down on supporting large "organizations" for the purposes of some charitable effort. My charity usually involves giving directly of my time, efforts, or money to someone in need. There is a lot of corruption that goes on in charities in the current day. Beyond corruption, a lot of the larger organizations are very top heavy. When you see leaders making tens of thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands, of dollars to run a charity - you've ceased to be defined as a charity in my opinion.
That being said, I do see the need for some larger organizations that can be used for large disaster events or recovery efforts, etc. The Red Cross comes to mind. Although, they too have become a shell of their former selves/goals. The Red Cross is entirely too political lately.
I was recently made aware of some issues with Autism Speaks. They are one of the larger autism specific charities around.
Moms organization chastises Autism Speaks
Some of the dispute revolves around the fact that Autism Speaks has no one on the autism spectrum in their leadership counsel. They also seem to lack a balanced view of autism and its causes, treatments, etc.
I don't have a lot of commentary on the linked article. Just offer for your reading pleasure.
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