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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

If autism isn't a single condition, why do we lump everyone who's autistic into the same bucket?

Why do we talk about the autism spectrum like it's a disease (or a bunch of diseases)? The only problem with autistic people is that they live in a society that is made for non-autistic people and it actively punishes them for being different. Kind of like with LGBT people, though I'd say a lot worse in this case. There's nothing stopping people in the spectrum from functioning similarly or better than 'regular' people, other than the aforementioned society.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I'm with you... it won't kill them and it's not progressive. It's not caused by a pathogen. It's not a disease like polio or measles.

    If a parent would rather have their child die, or no child at all, rather than an autistic child, they shouldn't have children at all.

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