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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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  • in reply to Iain

    That is 20% of diagnosed autistic people though -I believe there are many more autistic adults who are not diagnosed and either self identifying or not aware of it, just believing they have mental health problems or are overly sensitive. So I think there are a lot more autistic people working than the statistics suggest. 

    Also, workplaces are mostly autism unfriendly. Why should people be medicated to enable them to endure the workplace when the workplace could be adapted to their needs? Autistic people often have unique skills that can bring value - if you eliminate the autism,  you eliminate those skills too.