Ableism activism is worrying. Conflates thinking it's better to be able-bodied with thinking able-bodied people are better.
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The whole 'vaccines cause autism' thing happened when Lucy was a baby so I looked into it thoroughly.
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And the reason I did that was because if it had been true & single vaccinations would have removed the risk, I'd have done that.
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Some people will insist that this was ableist - that I think neurologically-typical people are better than autistic people. Utter crap.
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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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Replying to @HPluckrose
Easier said than done. Despite all I have achieved, or how long ppl have known me, attitudes change when ppl find out I have ASD
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This makes it more important for people not to fuck up tackling ableism.
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Replying to @The_GreyGirl @HPluckrose
I also see a level of "my diagnosis is all that I am" - as a person wired differently, I refuse to fall into that trap.
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