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In reply to the discussion: Of all the potential harms from Trump's announcement, let's not lose sight of the primary one - to autistic people. [View all]

Disaffected

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16. Yeah, the one I heard was "I don't want to deprive my child of the deaf culture".
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Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:03 AM
Sep 23

I suppose some with autism might feel similarly(??).

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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 Sep 23 #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 Sep 23 #17
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