Ableism activism is worrying. Conflates thinking it's better to be able-bodied with thinking able-bodied people are better.
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Life is much easier for neurologically typical people. I also took folic acid to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. Was that wrong?
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What about making sure my toddler did not touch dog-poo in the park for fear of toxocariasis. Is that considering blind people inferior.
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There must be a better way to counter any devaluation of disabled and neurologically-atypical people than this approach.
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And there is. Just don't devalue disabled or neurologically-atypical people.
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I find such statements heartless tbh. Mothers can wish their child had no autism. Not coz they don't love their child. But because they do.
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Exactly. I have autism, if there's anything I could do to reduce the risk of my future children having autism I'd probably do it. >
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not because I wouldn't love my children, or because autism is the worst thing ever, but just because you want the best for your children.
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PETA have lost the plot
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Autistic people have more challenges than neurologically-typical people. If we could remove them, we would. Nothing ableist about that.
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So you are saying autism is better than normies? Why do you hate humanity?
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