pezar wrote:
It's as if people would fall apart emotionally if they learned that their child was born autistic.
Well, yes - that's precisely the problem. Knowing it was passed on through the genes would make them feel responsible, as though something were wrong with them, too - and God forbid they should feel odd about themselves (
ew - that might make them feel like their damaged child). Not to mention the feelings of guilt that might ensue. Hell, you'd have Mom and Dad spending years researching family genealogy just so they could 'blame ' each other. "It wasn't
me that made the kid defective." So blame vaccines and vitamins instead. They can't point accusatory fingers back at you.
pezar wrote:
Will they decline to treat symptoms of autism, leaving millions of autistic time bombs who are ready to explode, since we seem to have fits of rage? We've all done stuff while enraged that we've later regretted.
Hooollld on thar, Baba Looey! In the first place, there is no treatment for autism, and I honestly doubt there ever will be. And I for one have never had 'fits of rage' unless someone spent endless hours intentionally tormenting me. Please do not reinforce another negative stereotype that will only be used against us, to incite fear and to abuse us in legal actions.