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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Warning about new study to find a potential cure for autism |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2023, 10:51 am
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| There’s also the dark eugenics of sterilising adults to prevent them from having children because they have something you don’t want to see in the population. It has nothing to do with medicine, treating or curing anyone. Since eugenics is about avoiding such a thing in the first place. While that ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Warning about new study to find a potential cure for autism |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2023, 3:50 am
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| It's eugenics, plain and simple. I had to talk to another friend of mine about this exact issue earlier this month, he didn't have a clue why the autistic folks in the group chat immediately recoiled at the mention of it. It helps to know what eugenics is as words get thrown around. Eugenic's is ab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: different opinions on autism from autistic people |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2023, 2:30 pm
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Replies: 50
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| There’s a lot of stuff online written by autistic people much of it Pseudoscience or simply invented by them because it fits in with how they want the universe to be rather than how it actually is. A lot of other stuff is simply denied or ignored because it doesn’t fit with their narrative All I can... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Should the puzzle piece be considered a hate symbol? |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2023, 7:19 am
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| No this was discussed recently on here:- 1. Will it really effect the lives of everyday autistic people does the rest of the world know or care of the history of this puzzle piece- probably not 2. I mentioned recently the replacement rainbow looking symbol looks very similar to the LGBT one. So many... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Warning about new study to find a potential cure for autism |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023, 3:45 pm
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| I don't have the time or resources to write a more cohesive response right now, but especially with regards to being a trans person, it can be very mentally debilitating. Not necessarily because of problems typical for autism, but if you ask any trans person suffering from massive dysphoria, they'd... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm sick of young Americans obsessing over communism! |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2023, 12:29 pm
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Replies: 253
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| They will have to address the issue of AI replacing most job roles leaving the majority of a typical population unemployed destroying any capitalist country. How do you pay a robot how do people earn money? A capitalist system relies on people working to pay for goods and services. I’m sorry but Uni... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: would you become neurotypical if given the opportunity? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2023, 8:12 am
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Replies: 50
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| Anyone thinking ASD can be cured or otherwise removed shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the condition. You may as well wish yourself out of existence...it would amount to the same thing. None of that statement is backed up by any scientific or lived evidence or experience. Saying it does... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you consider this a hate crime |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2023, 8:35 am
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Replies: 15
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| There is bullying route you can go through if it happens in work / college. If in society depends what they do With sensory bullying- what is classed as “reasonable” and if it’s directly targeted at you? It’s reasonable for people to shout or play loud music during the day for example but not play h... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Lack of ethnic diversity in fictional autistic characters |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2023, 7:31 am
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Replies: 17
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| The recent autism comedy series “as we see it” One of the fictional characters violet is Asian American and autistic. In fact I believe all or some of the characters are autistic in real life I would highly recommend watching it as it’s a good portrayal of the struggles autistic people have. There s... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Warning about new study to find a potential cure for autism |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2023, 5:43 am
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Replies: 26
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| Let’s have a look at the other delightful symptoms associated with SYNGAP1 mutation for this particular type of autism caused by this gene mutation: https://curesyngap1.org/what-is-syngap1/ Intellectual Disability Epilepsy Visual Abnormalities Gross & Fine Motor Skills problems Then inconclusive... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: different opinions on autism from autistic people |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2023, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 50
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| Different people different views. Don't look for a black & white answer or believe anyone who tells you there is, because there isn't one. Its about maintaining personal views and choice. Many people accept that its wrong to presume that autistic people want to be cured. However the reverse is a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Were there any ND Advocates and Parents Advocates collab? |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2023, 5:56 pm
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| From what I've noticed, autistic advocates and parents of autistic kids are often pitted against each other in discourse, and the two groups generally don't see eye-to-eye. You still see a lot of parents of autistic kids supporting Autism Speaks, using that offensive puzzle piece, and wanting to cu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Research growing in China |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2023, 11:34 am
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| Seems like the Chinese are stepping up their autism research. I've linked the scientific article and the more sensational Daily Mail article about this. https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/base-editing-corrects-autism-variant-in-mouse-brain/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Warning about new study to find a potential cure for autism |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2023, 6:29 am
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| A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience claims to have found a potential cure for autism. For those with access to the article behind the paywall, some notable quotes include (my bolding): The SYNGAP1 gene is a crucial regulator of synaptic function in neurons, and individuals with SYNGAP1 ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I run a discord for severely autistic people. |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2023, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Good luck with that it’s good to see autistics inclusive of those with higher support needs. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This book review really rubbed me the wrong way |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2023, 11:30 am
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Replies: 16
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| I understand both sides. Not wanting the child to feel bad or guilty and it would be wrong of the mother to do that in a deliberate way over time. But at the same time caring for someone with a brain condition is hard and can be savage sometimes. Sometimes people will complain or say regretable thin... |
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