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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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  • Autism could just be part of natural variation - the physical neuroanatomy of someone with autism is different to someone who doesn't have autism (connectivity, regionalisation and some of the microstructure is different).

    Regarding natural variation even though books are published on anatomy and neuroanatomy they are usually an amalgamation of many individuals because everyone's anatomy and neuroanatomy is different.

    Also the number of bones in the human body is similar in that there is an average number that is generally used (around 206) and you may have more bones or you may have fewer bones.

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  • Autism could just be part of natural variation - the physical neuroanatomy of someone with autism is different to someone who doesn't have autism (connectivity, regionalisation and some of the microstructure is different).

    Regarding natural variation even though books are published on anatomy and neuroanatomy they are usually an amalgamation of many individuals because everyone's anatomy and neuroanatomy is different.

    Also the number of bones in the human body is similar in that there is an average number that is generally used (around 206) and you may have more bones or you may have fewer bones.

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