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Alice’s Aspie Adventures: thisisoppressedprivilege: silversarcasm: If you believe in or…

silversarcasm:

Autism isn’t an illness, holy shit And no, I do not want to be ‘eliminated’ what don;t you understand I am an autistic person, I like being autiatic, as with many other autistic people. We resent the idea of ‘curing’ us and the current ‘treatments’ that are used to try and make us act more allistic Instead of trying to ~fix~ us we need to start challenging ableism in society and how it affects us we are not the problem

Ah but you see you are completely wrong about that! Autism is a mental disorder, take it or leave it. That is objectively true, as per definition of a mental disorder.

Your personal preference does not affect the objective reality. This reminds me of deaf parents who forbid their children from getting Cochlear implants, or otherwise getting treatment, on the grounds that they would miss out on “deaf culture”.

It is not the “society”’s problem that you have a mental disorder. It is not “ableism” - the problem is you. Your brain does not work correctly.

There are schizophrenic people who insist on not taking appropriate pills, because they would miss out on all the conversations they have with their hallucinations, I am sure of that as well.

And besides, the ASD is mostly a developmental disorder anyway, so treatment must start as early as possible. Consent is not even in question here.

The fact remains a fact! Autism, like any other mental disorder, is a bad thing. Disorders, diseases, all kinds of illnesses are bad. We should eradicate all of them. And that, my friend, is what medicine is all about.

You come off as an awful person to me. Why are you such an awful person? You are incredibly egotistical and completely lack empathy for human beings.