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Why are the politicians and media such ***** to people with Autism and ADHD?

Billy87

Genuine question after seeing Kemi Badenoch's vile rant yesterday. Richard Tice has mocked neurodivergent children for wearing ear defenders in class before and Nigel Farage things you can get an autism diagnosis over a Zoom call from your GP

Barely a day goes by without the media making up some new nonsense story to attack Autistic or ADHD people

Is it just our country that's particulary cruel or is it the whole world? These people manage to combine a special mix of nastiness and staggering ignorance every time they open their mouths 

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  • Those are right-wing political parties. Most of our popular newspapers are owned by right-wing millionaires and told to run a right-wing media, which means that right-wing views get more exposure. On the other hand, centrral and left-wing media orgations tend not to be owned by millionaires and therefore struggle to pay for themselves and don't get as much exposure. 

    The right-wing always push views that less money or resources or recognition to go to people in vulnerable groups protected by Equality legislation. One of their current favourite moral panics is about the cost of disability benefits and the rise in ND diagnoses. One of their favourite ways of attacking something is to say it's all a fashion and people are imagining it and "this will damage your children" (because they know they can frighten people with a threat to children).

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  • Those are right-wing political parties. Most of our popular newspapers are owned by right-wing millionaires and told to run a right-wing media, which means that right-wing views get more exposure. On the other hand, centrral and left-wing media orgations tend not to be owned by millionaires and therefore struggle to pay for themselves and don't get as much exposure. 

    The right-wing always push views that less money or resources or recognition to go to people in vulnerable groups protected by Equality legislation. One of their current favourite moral panics is about the cost of disability benefits and the rise in ND diagnoses. One of their favourite ways of attacking something is to say it's all a fashion and people are imagining it and "this will damage your children" (because they know they can frighten people with a threat to children).

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  • in reply to Alexa

    I think it says far more about Tice and Farage than it does about ND people, the likes of Farage and Tice are just nasty people, unfortunately nastiness seems to sell papers, but I do think there are a lot of people of people who really disagree and want a kinder world, we just don't get to hear about them as much