Don’t be one of the liberals on here saying things like “Vaccines don’t cause autism, but we must stop this epidemic—let’s look at processed foods and pesticides!”
Way to perpetuate stigma and pseudoscience, my dudes.
If you think autism needs to be “cured” you are part of the problem, full stop
Way to perpetuate stigma and pseudoscience, my dudes.
If you think autism needs to be “cured” you are part of the problem, full stop
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What's more likely: some very small residues from something that only affects insects is causing autism that happens to look like it's running in families or it's actually running in families
(i forgot to turn on the heater)
Fucking.
There is a broad spectrum too of autism. What one person needs or wants is very different than what another person might need.
That would be paradise…
There is increased attention to autism, and therefore, it is recognized more often. But autism itself is not getting more frequent.
Rapidly increased diagnoses where shame is not involved either don't exist or aren't remarkable.
I would love to hear your pitch on that
*also sometimes we do respond and our responses are ignored
-a pda autistic who isn’t speaking for other autistics
Yet millions of disabled people everywhere are having good lives without any of that.
My son is profoundly autistic. He has zero spoken language, and close to zero receptive language. I would literally surrender my own life if it meant he could learn to communicate his complicated wants and needs.
Autism isn’t one thing.
Like I said before: That's bullshit.
I am all for what you advocate for. I advocate for it too. But I am strongly against positioning that against research for treatments. We can and should pursue both. We can do both. We do not need to sacrifice one for the other.
I’m all for them embracing neurodivergence. And I don’t want the eugenics idiots shoving a wedge between us all. Research everything.
But that doesn't justify speaking about people in such a manner.
Im confused what the goals are since its simply not going to happen that the entirety of society will change for me.
And just a general lack of purpose or belonging since i left school.
(completely in solidarity with autistic people fighting for their better world)
And then they get mad at US for pointing that out.
But of course none of us should be worried they'd come for US, even as they talk about how awful and burdened our lives are...
Tragic, really.
ive met plenty of autistic people whose families thought they couldn’t communicate bc they couldnt use their mouth to do it
AAC, sign language, typing, picture boards… all these things can be used to help someone communicate
Anyone seeking to eliminate a trait that you're BORN with is advocating for eugenics by definition.
Man, predictive text blows.