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Hello everyone,

I have a question for the community. As someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I have noticed that people with ASD often don't stand up for themselves like other minorities do. I wonder why this is the case?

We see people from other minorities fighting for their rights, making their voices heard, and advocating for themselves. However, I feel that this is not the case for individuals with ASD. We often keep to ourselves, avoid conflict, and are generally less assertive.

I believe that it is important for people with ASD to stand up for themselves and to advocate for their rights. This is not only important for our own well-being, but also for the betterment of society as a whole. We can't expect change to happen if we don't speak up take action that inpacts the system which keeps us in these chains ?

So, why do you think people with ASD don't stand up for themselves like other minorities? And what can we do to change this? I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this topic.

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  • Why we (should) fight:

    'While not all research on autism is dehumanizing, there is still a distinct history of dehumanizing autism research. Examples of pathology and dehumanization include conclusions that autistic individuals are an economic burden, incapable of having moral-selves, personhood, or community, are inherently selfish/egocentric, have integrity equivalent to that of non-human animals, lack an ability to infer the minds of others, are sub-human and in need of rebuilding as “proper humans” and “exhibit less marked domesticated traits at the morphological, physiological, and behavioral levels” which may be interpreted as autistic people being less domesticated than non-autistic individuals. Similarly, unfavourable comparisons to Great Apes, brain-damaged monkeys, and robots or chimpanzees have been made. Extensive arguments supporting the use of eugenics programmes in autism have been published, with exceptions being made only for those who are economically-productive, and normative enough to not make others uncomfortable.'

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    (Source: '"Autism is me": an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma' by autistic researcher Monique Botha, 2020)

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  • Why we (should) fight:

    'While not all research on autism is dehumanizing, there is still a distinct history of dehumanizing autism research. Examples of pathology and dehumanization include conclusions that autistic individuals are an economic burden, incapable of having moral-selves, personhood, or community, are inherently selfish/egocentric, have integrity equivalent to that of non-human animals, lack an ability to infer the minds of others, are sub-human and in need of rebuilding as “proper humans” and “exhibit less marked domesticated traits at the morphological, physiological, and behavioral levels” which may be interpreted as autistic people being less domesticated than non-autistic individuals. Similarly, unfavourable comparisons to Great Apes, brain-damaged monkeys, and robots or chimpanzees have been made. Extensive arguments supporting the use of eugenics programmes in autism have been published, with exceptions being made only for those who are economically-productive, and normative enough to not make others uncomfortable.'

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    (Source: '"Autism is me": an investigation of how autistic individuals make sense of autism and stigma' by autistic researcher Monique Botha, 2020)

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