The #neurodiversity movement includes & fights for the rights of autistic people of *all* abilities. Your editors might not know this, but every person in that article does. Yet they can keep denying high-support autistics their agency & humanity by claiming to champion them. 1/2
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It is telling that the author/those quoted think so little of autistic ppl w/ID that they didn’t even bother consulting them for the article. Here’s the opinion of
@lauralovesian1, an#autistic self advocate with intellectual disability, on the matter: http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2019/09/you-cant-have-neurodiversity-without.html … 2/2 - 4 more replies
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No. We say that those people are equally valuable as people, that their experiences & viewpoints are important, that their presence enriches humanity as much as anyone else's does. We don't think there's anything wrong w/ needing more intensive help.
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Utter nonsense.
@aeonmag this is spreading ableist misinformation. See@NAT_taskforce as an example of what nonsense this is. If this were true I would be overlooking the needs of my own family. -
You would be autism europe conference now.
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I don't think you understand the meaning of "diversity".
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Don’t conflate functionality with ‘no or limited support needs’. They are not mutually exclusive.
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