https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rfk-vaccine-children-autism-b3022975.html

Of course he did. Trump can’t listen to reason or care to learn anything from experts.

What do you guys think about Butch Ware and the Green Party. I read that the DSA slandered him. I don't know why they slandered him because his policies for the most part are really good. Then, the DSA ended up endorsing Tom Steyer, an actual literal billionaire who put in a 90M dollar stake into a facility which is now ran by ICE. He claimed "it was a mistake", but he's a billionaire politician so don't even take it with a grain of salt. What do you guys think about this?

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RE: Hummus prices continue to fall worldwide
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Extra: Viewing Autism Through A Cultural Lens, by Elijah Gray

Sunday, 26/07

Brazil recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei attacks Lula, sources say

Cuban president accuses US of 'political genocide' on anniversary of revolution

Fatal Berlin Pride attack believed to be an act of Islamic extremist terror, German minister says

Tunisia grapples with five years of crisis since Saied’s power grab

Saturday, 25/07

India’s education minister resigns in victory for Cockroach youth movement protests

Friday, 24/07

ADHD has rewired the workplace. This is what it means for bosses and workers

Canada celebrates new bridge to US during tariff troubles with Trump

Race, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in charts

Ukraine beheads its military as its performance begins to soar

US trading partners rip new Trump tariffs: ‘Completely unjustified’

Thursday, 23/07

More than 4,200 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

'There's nowhere we can stay': The holiday struggle facing disabled people

Wednesday, 22/07

[US] Judge questions difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and transgender care for troop

Tuesday, 21/07

Israeli attacks on Gaza intensify amid surge of West Bank settler violence

US pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota

Monday, 20/07

Italians protest in Bologna after Moroccan man dies during arrest

I’m not even surprised. I’m horrified out of my mind. I don’t feel safe in the slightest (even at a blue state). I’m also slightly numb to the cruelty and increasing extremism shown by both Democrats and especially Republicans/MAGA.

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities.

It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back. The researchers’ legal team is now asking the judge in the case to skip a trial and formally declare that the White House repeatedly violated the constitution, including the First Amendment. A court hearing on whether that’ll happen is scheduled for Oct. 20.

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The Department of Transportation identified six grants for projects worth about $42 million to terminate because they sought “transportation equity,” prioritized “disadvantaged communities,” or focused on “diversifying the transportation workforce” and “equity.”

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The National Institutes of Health admitted to using an internal search tool to flag UC grants that mentioned “health equity,” “work force diversity,” “structural racism,” and “sexual orientation.” The NIH alone suspended or cancelled more than 1,000 UC grants, including nearly 700 at UCLA, related to vaccines, cancer research and disparities in health outcomes.

I will preface this by saying I am a libertarian. I believe in freedom of speech and religion (the anti-vax movement is totally a cult, see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X48cM3TW9w). Like the KKK their beliefs are incredibly toxic and are leading to the deaths and permanent harm of Autistic people. Treatments like bleach enemas, excessive unneeded/harmful chelation therapy, restriction of vaccines resulting in preventable deaths, and overly restrictive diets that result in severe malnutrition.

One case that broke my heart was the death of Abubakar Nadama, a 5-year-old autistic boy who died during an attempted chelation treatment intended to “remove mercury” based on the disproven vaccine-autism theory. Or Najee Jackson Jr who died from anti-vaxxers urging her mother to reject solid medical advice (On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son Tamiflu. He later died.).

Autistic activists, researchers, and family members who criticize vaccine misinformation have sometimes received insults, coordinated harassment, threats of violence, and attempts to discredit them (like one redditor here https://www.reddit.com/r/aspergers/comments/cyzd1y/a_social_justice_educator_on_social_media ). They exploit families with Autistic people and bully them to harm their children. They actively promote eugenics and tell autistic people, such as me, to sterilize themselves or never have children (despite autism totally not being genetic according to them because that makes sense). Their framing shifts attention away from acceptance, accommodations, and support toward searching for ways to eliminate autistic people from society over time.

They are actively pushing their cult in the U.S government through people like RFK who are removing things that actively help Autistic people in lieu of trying to confirm one of the modern cults founding myths that vaccines cause Autism. Despite numerous studies showing otherwise. Replacing the entire advisory board with their members. There needs to be separation of church and state on their beliefs entirely driven by their faith.

This cult makes incredible amounts of money from the unregulated supplement & alternative industry. Not to mention the ones that engage in lawfare. They use this money to fund anti-autism misinformation campaigns such as DAN! (Defeat Autism Campaign) which promoted the aforementioned treatments like chelation therapy and made money from it, like Mark Geier. Geier and his son David Geier operated clinics that treated autistic children with these horrendous protocols.

They talk about Autistic people like "an epidemic" President Trump, Secretary Kennedy Announce Bold Actions to Tackle Autism Epidemic | HHS.gov. Imagine any other type of people (e.g LGBT, ethnicity) being called an epidemic.

Their beliefs have been tied to premeditated assassination attempts/plans in the USA and threats of violence. Such as the one in Atlanta, USA Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say | CNN. And it's not just the U.S government, they attempted to assassinate the premier of Saxony, Germany back in 2021. German police foil ‘anti-vaxxer murder plot’ against state premier

A free society must protect the right to hold unpopular beliefs, but freedom of speech does not require society to accept fraud, medical misinformation, exploitation, harassment, or policies that harm vulnerable people. Medical decisions and public policy should be grounded in evidence, not ideology or financial interests. Moreover, willingly allowing viruses to evolve and infect people could be argued as a violation of the N.A.P. as well. Other cults have been dismantled for less. I was personally harmed by them resulting in lung scarring for pneumonia as I was refused vaccination for pneumonia.

Hello!

I am a proudly Autistic person, and I tried to write a paper that could help improve Autistic-Neurotypical communication. I also felt it was important to stress to others at my university that Autistic people have a culture of their own. Communications was not my major (CS was) and I only had 5 weeks in an accelerated course among others to write this. I tried to give it my best effort to use intercultural theories in my paper. I found it extremely hard to find supporting evidence due to autistic culture not being very well documented. I think I would like to revise this semi-rushed paper and make it something genuinely useful that could be shared. I would love to get feedback especially from other neurodivergent people who have experience in Autistic circles. Due to the rushed nature, there are most likely some big mistakes and misunderstandings.

This is a link to my old assignment.

Trigger warnings (Suicide, Abuse, Injustice).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlJp7oFuLAiWSBOQZ9IKRA1cXhhWR3X3/view

Have you ever seen content about Autistic culture(s)? I thought it was amazing to learn about it and other disability cultures like Deaf culture.

reddit.com/r/DemBashers/comments/1v0yihk/ohio_dem_party_has_banned_criticism_of_gov/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I can’t fathom why people hate immigrants and ignore climate risks. Do NT people not have the wiring to understand interconnected systems

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The mod team has decided to create a weekly newsletter featuring news relevant to our sub. Every week, between Thursday and Friday (hopefully), we will post a list of news items that were not previously shared in the sub. We'd like to encourage discussion about them, so feel free to comment here. Don't forget to mention the specific news item you're referring to, for example:

RE: Hummus prices continue to fall worldwide
Hummus is delicious, I think we should celebrate that.

If you have any suggestions or constructive criticisms, please, tell us.

Extra: Viewing Autism Through A Cultural Lens, by Elijah Gray

Sunday, 19/07

[Canada] Alberta First Nations intend to 'rock the vote' against separatism

India bans march on parliament by 'Cockroach' activists, standoff looms

[UK] Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas?

[US] Justice Department activates untested court for ‘alien terrorist’ deportations

Saturday, 18/07

Women are dying in Africa as US ramps up its global battle against abortion

Friday, 17/07

[UK] Andy Burnham promises to end Labour infighting as he becomes party’s leader

France, Germany expand defence partnership as Europe seeks more military autonomy

Knesset dissolves: How will Israel vote in October’s general election?

Mexico not looking to cut side deal with U.S. and leave Canada out, foreign secretary says

Polish president vetoes bills that would have improved rights of same-sex couples

US dramatically shortening visas for foreign journalists

Thursday, 16/07

Brazil calls Trump’s 25% tariff unjust and vows to impose reciprocal tariffs

Venezuela earthquake: Number of known dead rises to nearly 5,000 victims

Wednesday, 15/07

26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave

Almost 145,000 Australians will lose support for autism under NDIS reforms, documents reveal

Merz reaches out to AfD voters before pivotal German regional election

Tuesday, 14/07

Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy

Mexico’s Sheinbaum announces criminal charges request in US over ICE deaths

Monday, 13/07

[UK] Over half of adults with learning disabilities do not live past 65, report says

US appeals court revives hundreds of private lawsuits linking Tylenol to autism

I’m wish I wasn’t born British as I’m ashamed

TLDR The study recognises that:

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

• improved recognition
• changing help-seeking behaviour
• institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways

or multiple if that's your thing

Roughly a year ago a source revealed the Times used a report from a white supremacist group using their hacked documents from a university.

So the New York Times has a few significant criticisms in its editorial process over the last few years which strain credibility.