Published on 12, July, 2020
Firstly let’s start with the governments decision to turn cash disability payments into vouchers instead. Removing cash from disabled people is inhumane.
Secondly let’s look at the assisted suicide laws that are supposed to come in at some point. They will in my opinion use these laws to kill autistic people that are simply depressed or suffering from bowel issues.
Thirdly let’s look at the crack down on advertising of alternative therapies for autism. They are cracking down on all advertising that claims anything other than pharmaceutical drugs can treat autism. Because you are not allowed to take anything other than what the government tells you you are allowed to take. For example they are banning advertising that claims that Pycnogenol can help autistic people. It is a potent anti inflammatory supplement made from plant compounds. The government has obviously banned these advertisements because they want you to think your symptoms are untreatable and that the only way to feel better is to take their drugs that they approve for you. Fair enough if the drugs actually worked but how many of you have tried antipsychotics and antidepressants only to find they either do nothing or make your symptoms worse sometimes even.
All this makes me not hopeful for the future of autistic people. We have discussed already how they want to find a gene responsible for autism so they can prevent it. Now they are looking at other ways to make our lives more miserable. The NAS has to not allow this kind of thing!
Yellow tree 118 said:For example they are banning advertising that claims that Pycnogenol can help autistic people.
Do you have any links for this please?
I see the US have been researching its use and early studies are promising, so hopefully if this works its way through the full range of tests without major side effects then it may be reconsidered:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321748/
The fact it is a plant extract does not make it good or safe - heroin and cocaine are also plant extracts which started out with good intentions. There is a process to properly assess the suitability of the drug and it is going through this, but it seems sensible to restrict it in the meantime while any claims are verified.
I suspect a lot of people wished thalidomide had gone through the same tests when it was first released.
Yellow tree 118 said:The government has obviously banned these advertisements because they want you to think your symptoms are untreatable and that the only way to feel better is to take their drugs that they approve for you.
To what end? The government are paying for these drugs anyway for most of us (as most are on benefits) so you would imagine they would want you to go buy your own thing if you could. I don't see a tangible benefit for this sort of control.
If anything I think the issue stems from an overly cautious approach, a lack of funding and general incompetence rather than a malicious intent.
Yeh I attached the link so you can read what I read. Yeh I guess I see your point but the thing is thalidomide was a chemical made in a laboratory. I don’t know the whole story behind thalidomide but I know a lot about the opioids and how they marketed them as safe and non addictive particularly OxyContin. Similarly benzodiazepines were meant to be safer than the old barbiturates but we eventually learned they were anything but safe.