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Preface: I should start with a confession.
Introduction: If you google 'famous historical figures who might have been autistic' the list of results will be headed by figures such as Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Nikola Tesla, & Hans Christian Andersen.
Chap.1: When trying to answer what appears to be a straightforward question - what is autism? - we immediately encounter the amorphous nature of the definition of autism.
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Leftcoastzen You see what‘s going on here in the US with RFK & autism? 😡😡😡😡😡 3d
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen No - I just assume that I'm going to disagree with everything members of the Trump adminstration have to say and don't bother to listen. It saves time ? That said, I did hear that mini-Trump's sudden interest in "The Autism Threat" was a poorly masticated regurgitation of RFK junk. I'll check it out, but you're responsible for my high blood pressure! ? 3d
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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Sorry, "mini-Trump" is UK demagogue Nigel Farage - I'd also posted about his bandwagon jumping ? 3d
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Ah, I see that I and other neurodivergent people are to be targeted for eradication. Really good to know! His claim that autistic people don't contribute to the economy is not only false but suggests that a person's value is to be measured only by the profits to be extracted from them by capitalism. Forgive my language, but he can go fuck himself! (Sorry, I'm sweary today for some reason!) 3d
Leftcoastzen He is insane and stupid! So sick of this 💩 It‘s so maddening/Scary. Knowing to that some people here are fully aware of the insanity of all this & trying to fight, some blissfully ignorant, some cheering the regime on ! But this is how these things always go ! 3d
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Change can be slow, especially when it challenges the privileges of the powerful. Change is also inevitable. Conservatives tend to hark back to a Lost Golden Age' (e.g., MAGA in the US; The Empire in the UK) that never really existed as it is now imagined and which, by definition, is already passed. Of course, certain values and traditions are worth preserving, but as dynamic and unfolding processes, not as frozen museum pieces. 3d
kspenmoll Thank you @Leftcoastzen & @Bookwomble for this discussion. My Autistic son is both angry & terrified of RFK‘s beliefs & sees the parallels to Nazi Germany too clearly.( he wrote a research paper on the attitudes & rise of extermination of people w disabilities under Hitler). We have been attending local protests with like minded people etc. to share our voices. 2d
Bookwomble @kspenmoll I hope it helps your son to know that he is part of a global community. I hope it helps you to know that your son is valued and accepted by that community ❤️🫂❤️ Anger is the appropriate and valid emotion in the face of injustice. It gives us the energy to seek change. 😊 2d
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