Autistic genocide or simply murder of the future?

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I think the USA want Lauri Love extradited because like Gary McKinnon before him, he embarrassed the American government (people don’t think of this as a cause of violence but it is). This is not justice but revenge of similar ilk to a smart person making a joke about a thug that lacks the intelligence, who then thumps him as he hasn't the ability to create an equally smart reply. As was said of Gary McKinnon, the USA should be hiring people like this to tighten up their security, instead of finding ways to wipe out autism, which they see as a problem not a gift.

The literal interpretation of the Bible, the fact that some Americans have no basic understanding of world geography, the failure of gun control – all show that America as a country is not the brightest star in the sky, not to mention 9/11, Pearl Harbour, the fact that Donald Trump could become president, the National Rifle Association and the failure of gun control – all indicate a country in crisis, yet it is still claimed to be the world's leading nation. Obama tried his best but the country needs to evolve, not devolve emotionally. Gary McKinnon's case should have set a precedent, not upset a poorly defended government

Research by Professor Yamir Moreno of The University of Zaragoza, show that people react emotionally rather than purely rationally. He found that a third of people act on envy – for that read jealousy as in my statement above. He also found that such people would cut off their noses to spite their face, rather than let a better person benefit from good fortune (think of the American government in this respect - not those necessarily who get voted in but their equivalent of our civil services and armed / police forces).

The trouble with modern medicine is that it believes in intervention, in all things. By this I mean its attitude is to charge in and attack the problem, hoping to destroy its hold on life (suppression of symptoms). This way of handling things in America, is reflected in the gun mortality rates as well as health care based on money, rather than community.

If The USA cannot treat its ordinary citizens with respect, how well can outsiders like us expect to be handled, especially when there is a medical movement, out to find the gene responsible for autism, so that they can wipe us off the face of the Earth? In Okinawa, Japan they treat their elders with respect and they can live to over a hundred. In The UK we toss our old people into care homes and then wonder why they turn into vegetables and die early?

In Europe there is a more humane approach to people, personified by Dr Vermeulen and the Dutch psychiatrist, Marius Romme, who tries to integrate schizophrenics voices, so that their personality is not at war with itself. ‘Us and them' is a divisive mentality that only makes relations worse in any situation. As Mary Beard, the historian, pointed out in a recent edition of The BBC History magazine – the real reason The Roman Empire grew so big, was that it was an inclusive society, that took in all waifs and strays, giving them citizenship for their loyalty.

The problem has been up to now that neuro-typical’s have tried to hammer us round pegs into their square holes and expect us to fit. In 'The A Word' on BBC Television in The UK, we saw a child reacting to the hostility or friendliness of people around them, becoming more normal when respected and trying to shut out the hostile world, when treated with disrespect. If they want us to integrate and fit in, like Dr Vermeulen says, they need to accept us for what we are warts and all. It is all about being wanted and this includes the question of suppression of speech or being (abortion, child abuse, murder and war). It is only by doing this that we will relax and become who they want, rather than be on our guard eternally, against the enemy at the gate, trying to bash down our castle walls and get in. Let us mend ourselves from within and meet the neuro-typical world half way.

A depressed autistic person is as helpless as anyone else in that position but a happy person can help themselves out of the well of isolation they've fallen into.

Fear makes us want to conform and enforce conformity on others. To overcome prejudice we must accept our differences and even enjoy exploring them, in a mutual exchange with the rest of the world (learn and teach). We must grow like anything living thing does (evolve out of our shell), not be forced into a mould or clipped back, to fulfil an idea of beauty and perfection that is not real and will not last. The only constant in the universe is change and we must not only change ourselves but belong to a world that changes and grows with us. If this doesn’t happen America is a traitor to the future, destroying the only hope this world has – creative and insightful beings like us.