Autistic Culture Movement / Neurodiversity

The thing that get's me about these Autist right's group is how against testing for autism in the womb they are. That's not fucking eugenics that's not forcing a couple to a lifelong commitment of raising a disabled child.

It ought to be mandatory that those pregnancy strips automatically test for autism so they can immediately abort if it pops up.
 
Ugh, I don't know. I don't agree with aborting kids with manageable disabilities like autism or Down's syndrome. I think it's more understandable to diagnose for it so that their parents can handle all of the shit that's coming up. I honestly would have no problem adopting a disabled child, after all.

Now what if we developed a technique for in-vitro fertilization that would screen the gametes for any genetic signs of autism?
That way there'd be no need for an abortion. The autistic sperm or egg would simply never get the chance to meet at all, and parents worried about autism and other major disorders could simply pick the preferred cells to make their kid.
 
All right, let's boat this Autism already so we can all go home.

Autism has become a major thing so analyzed and scrutinized because it's on the rise! Obviously something's to blame!!

...Except the thing is, a thousand conditions that years ago would have been considered minor psychological quirks or genetic damage. Asperger's and countless other minor conditions, learning deficiencies, and developmental disorders are all covered now under the almighty Autism banner. IIRC, Down's is considered an Autism spectrum disorder by some states for the purposes of Alt-Ed placement. So the biggest reason for the rise is an increase in diagnosis. Fucking ADD/ADHD are considered Autism spectrum now.

This said.

I work with developmentally disabled kids. Some of them have Cerebral Palsy or atrophied legs due to some kind of muscular/skeletal disorder and the skeletons living inside them need help. All of 'em have the big A atop this. A lot of these kids also are nonverbal, or deaf, or have sensory disorders as well. A few rare students have the full package, like one intensely kind little girl we have who can't hear without mechanical assistance, is blind in one eye, is barely mobile, and confined to a wheelchair. She still participates, even in her limited state, in the day-to-day goings on in and around her school. Each kid has a suite of problems which in turn means they require specialized care. Many have full-time nurses, full-time medical care, and several cannot survive on their own or accomplish anything on their own without assistance.

Many of these kids can talk. They're brilliant, they're kind, and they're real achievers despite their hindrances. Talk to 'em and you'll learn more than you ever expected because these kids aren't fooled by context. They're always listening, always learning, and they know who has their back and who their friends are. Even the nonverbal ones.

But their struggle's still there. And it's heartbreaking. So you do the only thing you can do - you celebrate their successes. You ignore the shit hand they were dealt, and you help 'em be the best they can. But they know, even with this. These kids would do anything for a level of normalcy. Fuck, some of them have! One of the parents on our runs has spent a sizable fortune just making sure that their child can have something resembling a level of quality of life. Thanks to the procedures, their kid can see and hear. You'd better believe that if a cure existed, these parents would murder the gods themselves to help their kids. And it's worth noting, this said: Atsimu is one slice of the exceptionally large shit pie they were served, but it's one that these kids, and more importantly, their parents, would cure tomorrow if there was a chance.

Similarly, you guys with legit Autism here on the Farms? We're cool. I have respect for you guys.
Wanting a cure for it has nothing to do with you all. Keep rocking and try to keep your respective power levels down, you're all better than that.

Which brings us, finally, to these Autism Culture Faggots.

Stop defending them. At all.

And I'll tell you why, right the fuck now:

They're Autistic in the same way Vade is.

Don't believe me? Take a good fucking long look at their dialogue. It's fucking identical to the claims used by the transracial, transableism, Multiple System, and Otherkin communities. As I reported on in this fucking article here, the Multiple System community looks at legitimate psychological diagnosis as murder because of the medically-accepted way to deal with multiple personality disorder and delusional mania (integration). For fuck's sake, even the Wikipedia article on these dumbasses says openly that they originated from the counter-culture against Autism treatments, and the most common arguments against testing for genetic markers are specifically as alarmist as fucking possible.

Which brings us to their peer reviewed content: Articles that specifically covers how Autistic people are not treated well enough by the state (a legitimate argument). None of them make the argument in a credible way that Autism is something that must be preserved and is necessary. Quite the contrary, cursory examination of Autistic conditions show that the bulk of them count as physical, mental, and psychological maladies. I don't see anyone making the argument that fucking Polio needs to stick around, but I do see people saying that Down's Syndrome does, since that's covered under Autism Spectrum by the state.

All of which lead me to the meat and potatoes of what I'm getting at, which is that assholes like this fall into the same category a fucking Vade. The exact fucking same. "But Jaimas!" I hear you declare with alacrity. "This individual clearly has Autism!" To which I respond: "Yes, and about 90% of them are going to be all about shrieking about how great their Autism is so they can use it as an excuse for why they should never be held accountable for their actions." Take a long look at these brain-geniuses preach, and you see the same dicking patterns. In fact, canny Kiwis will immediately fucking notice that someone y'all should know by now has made these same fucking arguments. If you haven't figured it out, they helped cultivate the first generation of Autistic people.

So.... Yes, we should recognize the achievements of Autistic people.

And yes, we should fight for the rights of those with Autism to have better, more independent lives.

What we should not do is listen to people who claim that we must allow Autism to remain untreated and unopposed because muh culture. To ignore it when assholes cynically use it as a fucking anti-criticism shield. These people can - and will - ADF this shit if you let them. To many of these people, any condition they have is just currency to be bartered in the Disadvantage Economy. The only solution is to mock those who do so and fight for the ones who aren't fucking pricks.



....Sorry it had to come to this post, folks. I now encourage you to resume laughing at CatParty's wit and wisdom.
 
I was gonna come in here and power-level about my life with aspie's and my thoughts on the idea of an autism cure. Then I realized what this thread really was
 
Ugh, I don't know. I don't agree with aborting kids with manageable disabilities like autism or Down's syndrome. I think it's more understandable to diagnose for it so that their parents can handle all of the shit that's coming up. I honestly would have no problem adopting a disabled child, after all.

Not sure Down syndrome can be considered a manageable disability. Unless your kid is extremely lucky, he will be dependent on pre-teen levels of care his entire life. Most autists at least have a shot at self sufficiency.
 
So... by the logic of this forum, we should just utilize eugenics and pharmaceuticals to rid people of eccentricity, physical/mental failings, or anything that society would deem unacceptable or undesirable in the name of security and prosperity. The last time that happened, six million were slaughtered to fulfill the fantasy of a mustached madman.
you're talking like that's a bad thing
 
I think that there should be more accommodations for autism and asperger's certainly. There are extreme people on each side (anti-vaccers and autistic separatists) so one has to tread carefully.
I agree. Our current internment camps are way too small to process and handle all those autistics out there.
 
I think we should round up everyone with autism and kill them. That way we wont have so much diaper inflation rule 34 clogging up the internet.
 
Some choice quotes from the Autism Rights Movement wikipedia article thingy's talk page.

Autists do not have a 'problem', but rather their own social language

it's things like this which causes gigantic leaps in science and art, the pro-cure people are idiots! are they really that thick they can't see what massive leaps these so called defective people have given us? being social can be defined as a form of mental retardation, i know of more socially capable failures than i know anti-social failures (a slightly autistic boss is much more driven than a non-autistic one, big fat examples are: Microsoft/Apple/Dell etc.)

The "cure Autism" movement wants to impoverish the human gene pool by removing genes commonly associated with genius.

The nominator of the article is now banned from autism-related articles
 
I know it's been said many times before, but @Connor Bible can go lock himself in a room naked with a camera, and send the video to Jared Fogle.

The greats of the past with physical and mental problems weren't great because of them. They were great in spite of them. And for all the aspects of those problems that might have helped contribute to their greatness, they weren't worth the suffering they caused the greats and those around them.

There's nothing in the history of the planet more toxic than the sentimentalization of human suffering.

Not sure Down syndrome can be considered a manageable disability. Unless your kid is extremely lucky, he will be dependent on pre-teen levels of care his entire life. Most autists at least have a shot at self sufficiency.
I actually have a relative who has Down's, and you hit the nail on the head. He's a sweet kid, but he'll never be self sufficient.

That said, the issue of abortions for people with Down's and people with a predisposition to autism is very different. An abnormal chromosome count is very easy to spot, and very easy to predict what the life of those born with it'll be like. We aren't even kind of close to understanding what causes autism. Even if we went full China and gave every baby in the country an abortion screening and didn't give parents a choice, people with every level of ASD will still be born.
 
What a thread. 10/10. Would chuckle again!

All the unique, creative magic people (Connor) will be forced to become mindless, productive meat puppets! (Kiwis)

Damn those illuminati space lizards!
 
What a thread. 10/10. Would chuckle again!

All the unique, creative magic people (Connor) will be forced to become mindless, productive meat puppets! (Kiwis)

Damn those illuminati space lizards!
Connor worrying about losing his creativity is dumber than Donald Trump worrying about losing his humility.
 
... Other times I really want to know what it's like to be normal. To know what other people are feeling and have a chance at understanding other people's points of view easier.

Wanting to know how other's feel and to see their point of view is all it takes to get started in building relationships in one way or another. "Normal people" navigate through the same terrain as you do. If you already have the very concept that you can understand someone else's situation in mind, then just do it.
 
A world that embraces "neurodiversity" embraces
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It's really not a hard call.

To be honest, I actually forget I have a spectrum disorder ninety-nine percent of the time.

We don't.
 
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