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meadowlander

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10. No, we should be focused on treating the symptoms to make autistic peoples' lives better

Reply to Sympthsical (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:11 PM

Sep 22

*however that is defined by them*.

There is no part of me that is not autistic and there is no way to "cure autism" that is not an annihilation of what I am.

That's like saying "being gay makes peoples' lives harder so let's find a cure for being gay" or "let's cure racism by making everyone white".

That's the blazingly unbelievable stance for someone who "works with autistic kids" to be taking in 2025. Basically, that's just eugenics dressed up as concern. And way, way out of step with mainstream autism advocacy and disability rights.

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Of all the potential harms from Trump's announcement, let's not lose sight of the primary one - to autistic people. [View all] meadowlander Sep 22 OP

Post removed Post removed Sep 22 #1

Are you autistic? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 22 #2

Do you treat children with autism? Sympthsical Sep 22 #6

No. Are you autistic? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 22 #8

I didn't say that it was. Nor did I say that we shouldn't try to make life easier for autistic people where we can. meadowlander Sep 22 #3

You have a very skewed view of autism, based on the population you work with. Ms. Toad Sep 22 #4

And no one said they aren't or that it isn't a spectrum. Sympthsical Sep 22 #5

In the job I'm about to retire from... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 22 #7

I think popular culture has sanitized the condition to a great degree Sympthsical Sep 22 #11

No, we should be focused on treating the symptoms to make autistic peoples' lives better meadowlander Sep 22 #10

Well said. Gimpyknee Sep 22 #12

Yeah, the one I heard was "I don't want to deprive my child of the deaf culture". Disaffected Tuesday #16

I have 1 daughter who has diagnosed autism and 2 other kids that I suspect are on the spectrum. harumph Sep 22 #9

Why do I fear eugenicists will want to come after us? EnergizedLib Sep 22 #13

Another thing that bothers me about this, so-called, large increase in the... the nelm Sep 22 #14

so beautifully written mokeyz Sep 22 #15

it's a spectrum SonOfNebanaube Tuesday #17