gittaca
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!["They despise your kind because you understand the machine, while they have to turn jungles into fuel and enslave thousands of computers just to pretend that the machine speaks to them too."
[Colorful art of a CRT headed robot lecturing a humanoid being]](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/317/026/321/060/171/original/28037602c71ad8f1.png)
Michael Bacon
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Spot on post about #autism imo
Spot on post about #autism imo
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brendan (ジャンク品)
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Alex, the Hearth Fire
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No, that's not how the autism spectrum works.
> Autism is a spectrum, and yes, on one end of that spectrum it can be debilitating and both those with autism and their caretakers need and deserve support. On the other end? Normal fucking people with jobs and hobbies and families...
While there is a colloquial use of the word *spectrum* to mean a scale from a little to a lot, the "autism spectrum" is a technical term in the field of psychology, so it doesn't mean that. In optics, a spectrum is a breakdown of light into its component colors. It's the rainbow you see when you pass a beam of light through a prism. And similarly, the autism spectrum is how we decompose autism into a set of autistic traits.
The autism spectrum is not a scale from low-functioning to high-functioning. There are autistic people who are socially awkward and stim a lot, and those that are fine socially but have a lot of sensory issues. That's what the spectrum means. And "profound autism" is not a thing, either.
Autistic people darkly joke that we're either seen as low-functioning so we get no agency, or we're high-functioning and get no support. Bullshit functioning labels do not help us – they only help people figure out the easiest way to ignore us and our needs.
Whenever autism becomes the main character, a lot of people will jump into the conversation only to show how ignorant they are. Keep in mind that even people who purport to know about autism generally have very little idea what they are talking about. Be skeptical of allistic people who think they are smart about autism. Dunning-Kruger comes for everyone.
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #autistic
Michael Bacon
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My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs.
Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #Autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings .
Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" stage.
And it's only a very small step to: "My child is WRONG somehow! Thus, I must abuse it until I get my REAL child back - the one I always wanted!"
The context changes, but the underlying narratives stay the same.
my friend wants this shirt so i'll be printing at least 3 so if anyone else wants to be a tylenol baby you can send me a shirt to print on. no weird fabrics (ribbed, fleece, etc), light colors please as I will be printing in the pictured colors or thereabouts.
price will be $10+return shipping (usually $5-10 dollars US)
The research fairy
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I don't think the latest "Tylenol gives your baby autism!! 😩 " bs is really about the medical effects of acetaminophen use during pregnancy at all. I think it's about testing how far they can go with denying pregnant people, and AFAB people at large, control and care over their bodies on the pretext of protecting babies. It's also about drumming up fear of #autism and hatred of #autistic people as fundamentally undesirable beings who should never have been born, medical mistakes conveniently blamed on the bogeywoman of the selfish, never-good-enough mother (oh hi there, dusty specter of Refrigerator Mom!). The pincer attack of misogyny and eugenics has been escalating for decades and I expect things to ratchet up from here.
joene 🏴🍉
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There were many lies said by Trump and RFK Jr. during their autism news conference today.
One of them you can see for yourself: They claimed that #autism is nonexistent in Amish communities. Wrong.
In fact, there are more than 4,000 papers about it https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=autism+amish&btnG=
Alex Akselrod
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Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared
Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism
He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain
He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines
These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.
My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.
We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.
Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and
#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism
Mombie 🧟♀️ :v_bi:
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Joel 🔪 May-Kill 🔪
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Trump's impending statement that autism is linked to acetaminophen (paracetamol) use isn't just ableism.
Acetaminophen is one of the very few analgesics that can be safely used during pregnancy and breastfeeding. This announcement is going to signal official health policy shift around the use of it.
This is a further leaning into the misogynistic christian idea that "women" are meant to suffer during pregnancy and childbirth (Gen3.16) as a consequence of subverting the natural order of submission to men.
We talk about the US becoming a fascist state, but are missing out on the discussion of how christian nationalism is the pathway there.
#US #USA #USPol #Trump #ChristianNationalism #autism #health
I don't think the latest "Tylenol gives your baby autism!! 😩 " bs is really about the medical effects of acetaminophen use during pregnancy at all. I think it's about testing how far they can go with denying pregnant people, and AFAB people at large, control and care over their bodies on the pretext of protecting babies. It's also about drumming up fear of #autism and hatred of #autistic people as fundamentally undesirable beings who should never have been born, medical mistakes conveniently blamed on the bogeywoman of the selfish, never-good-enough mother (oh hi there, dusty specter of Refrigerator Mom!). The pincer attack of misogyny and eugenics has been escalating for decades and I expect things to ratchet up from here.
“Children with autism, if they have the right support, access to medical care and therapies, they can have wonderful outcomes,” said Lisa Ackerman, executive director of the Autism Community in Action, a grass-roots organization that offers education and support to thousands of people with autism and their families.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/health/autism-community-needs-support-not-cure
#healthcare #autism #neuroatypical #disabilities #FDA #PrescriptionDrugs
