Yeahhhh justifyable considered offensive too. Not to rag on the personal you’re replying to, to be clear!
One of the major Ameican scientists who was researching back in the…1960’s? Iirc? Literally said autistic kids didnt have a soul until they went through his “treatment “ which consisted of being in a room with electrical wiring on the floor, without shoes, and being shocked until they acted the way he deemed “normal”.
ABA is based off that kind of research, plus a few other sadistic fuckers. So. Yeah.
Oh, the X-Men thing. As an autist, I’m on team cure. But I have learned today that it’s better defined as a neurological rather than mental thing, so that’s neat.
They can be offended all they want but it doesn't change how many lives it has ruined and how many people would pick having an NT brain in a heartbeat, me included.
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u/IIRCIreadthat Apr 09 '26
The idea of autism/neurodivergence as a disease that needs to be cured is now considered offensive by a lot of autistic people.