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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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  • Oh it’s over here in America, too. The MAHA movement (Make America Healthy Again), led by Health Secretary RFK Jr., is leading an appalling effort to rewrite what we know about health sciences, including all of the research that has already been made involving the [non-existent] link between Autism and vaccines.

    RFK Jr.’s insane. Since he took the position he changed the Center of Disease Control’s website page on “Autism and Vaccines” to reflect MAHA principles. Even Republicans are wary of him, since he outright lied to a Republican senator that he wouldn’t adjust the members for the CDC’s main panel on immunizations. He fired the entire committee and replaced them with like-minded weirdos.

    There’s apparently a congressional investigation on RFK Jr right now and the “Blue Wave” that happened during midterms may help, but yeah, the American government is rife with misinformation on neurodivergence right now as well.

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  • Oh it’s over here in America, too. The MAHA movement (Make America Healthy Again), led by Health Secretary RFK Jr., is leading an appalling effort to rewrite what we know about health sciences, including all of the research that has already been made involving the [non-existent] link between Autism and vaccines.

    RFK Jr.’s insane. Since he took the position he changed the Center of Disease Control’s website page on “Autism and Vaccines” to reflect MAHA principles. Even Republicans are wary of him, since he outright lied to a Republican senator that he wouldn’t adjust the members for the CDC’s main panel on immunizations. He fired the entire committee and replaced them with like-minded weirdos.

    There’s apparently a congressional investigation on RFK Jr right now and the “Blue Wave” that happened during midterms may help, but yeah, the American government is rife with misinformation on neurodivergence right now as well.

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