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Another discriminatory article

MrsSparrow

Hi all

Not sure if anyone has seen this. Another media article comparing autism with negative traits in the disguise of reporting. Would he make the same comparison to a person in a wheelchair? Or blind?

www.theguardian.com/.../israel-suffers-collective-autism-hope-change

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, just upset they think it's ok to use autism in this way.

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  • I think the issue is that it's highlighting the negatives of autism, instead of spreading autism-awareness in a positive way.

    How are people ever going to get a rounded view of what autism is, when they are led to believe we are all asocial (which often ends up being termed anti-social), unfriendly, uncaring people?

    That is what is discriminatory about it.  Both the politician and the journalist should apologise.

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  • I think the issue is that it's highlighting the negatives of autism, instead of spreading autism-awareness in a positive way.

    How are people ever going to get a rounded view of what autism is, when they are led to believe we are all asocial (which often ends up being termed anti-social), unfriendly, uncaring people?

    That is what is discriminatory about it.  Both the politician and the journalist should apologise.

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