Donald Trump will be a disaster for autistic people

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02 Feb 2017, 2:16 am

International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) thinks immigration restrictions will be bad for autistics

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03 Feb 2017, 3:42 am

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My one problem with the article in the OP is that literally EVERYONE I have heard or read make openly pro-eugenics statements, particularly against differentially abled folks, has been a card-carrying liberal.

I opened my rather dusty copy of Das Capital as well as my little Red Book written by chairman Mao and have to admit nothing about pro-eugenics? I'd better get my socialist crudentials re-checked now :shrug:

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10 Feb 2017, 2:45 pm

I have a feeling that Trump is going to push for money to go into research for cure of autism as a whole like AutismSpeaks has done and continues to do so.

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10 Feb 2017, 2:59 pm

kazanscube wrote:

I have a feeling that Trump is going to push for money to go into research for cure of autism as a whole like AutismSpeaks has done and continues to do so.

I doubt it, research is usually one of the first things that gets cut. On the other hand, there have been so many cuts in basic research that there may not be much left to cut.

http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/fun ... -research/

But, there may well be a push by Trump for more privately funded research that isn't funded by Tax Dollars.

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10 Feb 2017, 3:11 pm

BTDT wrote:

kazanscube wrote:

I have a feeling that Trump is going to push for money to go into research for cure of autism as a whole like AutismSpeaks has done and continues to do so.

That's true using private monies to do such.

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14 Feb 2017, 5:32 pm

New York Magazine: Donald Trump Just Broadcast a Dangerous Misconception About Autism Rates

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After Jane noted that many of her students have autism, Trump asked, “Have you seen a big increase in the autism, with the children?” Jane replied in the affirmative, but seemed to couch her response as being more about an increase in demand for services — she didn’t explicitly agree there’s been a big increase in the overall rate. Trump continued: “So what’s going on with autism? When you look at the tremendous increase, it’s really — it’s such an incredible — it’s really a horrible thing to watch, the tremendous amount of increase. Do you have any idea? And you’re seeing it in the school?” Jane replied — again, in a way that seems a bit noncommittal vis-à-vis Trump’s claim — that the rate of autism is something like 1-in-66 or 1-in-68 children. To which Trump responds: “Well now, it’s gotta be even lower [presumably meaning higher, rate-wise] than that, which is just amazing — well, maybe we can do something.”

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14 Feb 2017, 6:13 pm

The first paragraph of the linked article sums it up for me.

"Donald Trump has never been a fan of disabled people. He's got an obsession with the appearance of being "weak" or "crazy," was hyperfocused on the idea that Hillary Clinton had some kind of neurological disorder like epilepsy, which he clearly viewed as a sort of human failing, and infamously mocked reporter Serge Kovaleski. But of all of the groups out there whom Donald Trump disdains, whom his policies will endanger profoundly, autistic people stand to suffer the most."

Trump is obsessed with being the "alpha". It comes from Wall Street. You see in the way he makes a point to stand and the way he shakes hands. It's silly to me but I have known people like this. I think deep down they are really insecure so they put forth this image of being the opposite. This man is not the type to have sympathy for people less fortunate. To him autism is "being lazy" I imagine. For someone like me who is on the more functional end of the spectrum. I really fear I will loose protection under the laws. I dealt with this a lot before my diagnosis. It made me sad to work so hard at a job and to realize that my boss thought I was not. That I was actuly working hard at nor working.

I know some people who grew up in the 60's and 70's who have similar issues to mine. They got almost no help they were just judged to be willfully stupid and unwilling to work and I don't want that to be me.

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14 Feb 2017, 6:17 pm

Too much emphasis on "winners" Shouldn't we get paid for merely doing a good job, even if it isn't world class work?

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14 Feb 2017, 8:00 pm

Being called part of a "horrible thing" by the President is a lot more than a microaggression.

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15 Feb 2017, 3:35 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Being called part of a "horrible thing" by the President is a lot more than a microaggression.

Isn't everything a microaggression? I had a teacher say not opening on Jewish holidays is a microaggression.

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15 Feb 2017, 9:50 pm

BettaPonic wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Being called part of a "horrible thing" by the President is a lot more than a microaggression.

Isn't everything a microaggression? I had a teacher say not opening on Jewish holidays is a microaggression.

No, everything is not a microaggression. Because there are people claiming everything is a microaggression people with valid claims of aggression against them are dismissed as whiners or they just get lost in the chorus of microaggression claims. This situation is even worse with racism.

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17 Feb 2017, 12:08 pm

BettaPonic wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Being called part of a "horrible thing" by the President is a lot more than a microaggression.

Isn't everything a microaggression? I had a teacher say not opening on Jewish holidays is a microaggression.

Who says everything is a microaggression? Obviously you don't even know what the term microaggression even means.

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17 Feb 2017, 12:12 pm

I am pretty sure Donald Trump is on the spectrum

1. He's blurting of inappropriate comments
2. He hates bright lights - check out his video about turning out the lights
3. He seems to do weird things that scare the media

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17 Feb 2017, 2:59 pm

green0star wrote:

BettaPonic wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Being called part of a "horrible thing" by the President is a lot more than a microaggression.

Isn't everything a microaggression? I had a teacher say not opening on Jewish holidays is a microaggression.

Who says everything is a microaggression? Obviously you don't even know what the term microaggression even means.

The part I think is stupid is that people can do it unintentionally. Makes it seem like anything can be it if you can do it unitentionally.

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17 Feb 2017, 9:00 pm

Summer_Twilight wrote:

1 and 2 are Autistic traits but 3?

I think his traits are based on his privileged background and the fact that unlike most of us he has been continually been rewarded for being "inappropriate". He has a very very very strong ability to manipulate people the opposite of Autistic.

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