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Sympthsical

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11. I think popular culture has sanitized the condition to a great degree

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:41 PM

Sep 22

Ms. Toad isn't wrong in saying that my job makes it so that I see more profound instances more regularly. There is absolutely a broad span of functionality, but man. We are getting more and more kids with more and more profound manifestations of autism over time. Therapeutic services are getting overwhelmed.

Watching people not be able to live their lives, leave their homes, and struggle to care for their children - or even get something like simple safety supervision - is heartbreaking. It puts entire families on hold. You nailed all of the aspects.

And for someone to just pop in with, "If we focus on curing it, some people might feel bad" made me see absolute red.

I challenge anyone to work with these kids for a week and then bounce in and still say, "We shouldn't focus on curing this. This is totally fine."

Anti-medicine attitudes like RFK Jr's should not be responded to with other anti-medicine attitudes. Full stop.

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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

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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