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Last night, I wrote a message to Amy Keating Rogers, the writer of "The Last Roundup" who made a statement last night about the changes to the episode uploaded to iTunes.

I wrote to her to thank her for the statement, and for considering the perspective of those who had found issue with the character.Like her, I am caring for a mentally disabled family member, and I told her my personal experience with how ableism has affected their life, and how they were bothered by the portrayal. I also told her how I was introduced to the issue via my mentally disabled friends, whose posts I reblogged on the subject.)

I also linked her to just a sampling of the harassment and death threats I have recieved from people who seem to think I'm personally responsible for the changes.  I think she should know what sort of fans she was pressured into pandering to.

Let me repeat this one last time: I never started any petitions, or sent letters to writers, artists, or heads of Hasbro or iTunes. I merely made a handful of posts on my personal blog. Both Amy Keating Rogers and the MLP animator Kreoss can attest to this.

Here was Ms. Keating's response to me:

"Hi Elena,

I totally understand your perspective.  I think my daughter is going to be a lot like you--speaking up for the disabled--when she grows up.  At 11, she calls out her classmates when they say "retarded." 

I'm sorry that you were given grief for expressing your opinion.  That's really lousy. But hopefully, for both our sakes, this will all die down soon!

Best,

Amy"

a screencap of the email