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Why Do We Need a Cure?

Damojo

Topical these days is finding the "cause" of Autism with, one suspects, the goal of "curing" it or eradicating it. Would that make the world a better place?

How different is that from finding the cause and cure for being gay, being Black, being deaf, being anything other than white and "normal"? Why do the powers that be have such a desire to eliminate anything that is different from them? It's not new, of course; Eugenics has been around for quite some time.

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  • People don't like what is different unfortunately and anything like this seems to involve so many steps forward and then a load back. Race is a good example of this too. 

    People with little knowledge also see the highest support needs and use that as their definition of autism and then just see us as a drain on society who can't contribute anything. Absolutely no disrespect to those who have high support needs. That is not my opinion, just an observation.

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  • People don't like what is different unfortunately and anything like this seems to involve so many steps forward and then a load back. Race is a good example of this too. 

    People with little knowledge also see the highest support needs and use that as their definition of autism and then just see us as a drain on society who can't contribute anything. Absolutely no disrespect to those who have high support needs. That is not my opinion, just an observation.

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