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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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  • I’m still not decided on what autism truly is, if it’s naturally occurring or man-made in some way. Possible exposure to chemicals that were available world wide or is it just a natural occurrence. Did it begin at the start of the industrial revolution or were there cases of autism yet to be studied and diagnosed. Autism can surely only be as old as the final agreements on what is considered the disorder itself. Anything else that came before is speculation because it hadnt been defined yet.

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  • I’m still not decided on what autism truly is, if it’s naturally occurring or man-made in some way. Possible exposure to chemicals that were available world wide or is it just a natural occurrence. Did it begin at the start of the industrial revolution or were there cases of autism yet to be studied and diagnosed. Autism can surely only be as old as the final agreements on what is considered the disorder itself. Anything else that came before is speculation because it hadnt been defined yet.

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