Both Autism Speaks and Generation Rescue are fronted by white celebrities.

Suzanne Wright - a spokesperson for Autism Speaks- uses her ties to the media industry to regularly appear on talk shows such as "Oprah" and "Good Morning America." Both Wright and Jenny McCarthy - a famous comedic actress and spokesperson for Generation Rescue - tend to tout how from their position as a grandmother and a mother to autistic children, respectively, they know firsthand the affects autism can have on several generations of white families.