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19 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
this is heartbreaking. it’s a report of again and again making a kid feel bad about the completely harmless things they enjoy, stop doing what they enjoy, and do a pointless task instead to garner adults’ approval. this mindset is a moral sickness. #AutismAcceptanceMonth
“taught to play with other toys in the presence of bank checks” go to jail. just go straight to fucking jail get out of society you are a danger to all of us if you think that’s a good thing to train a kid to do
I would like a public debate in front of a live audience with someone from this research team over the value of the goal of their research. i want to make them defend the importance of forcing kids to play in ways they don’t enjoy. i have questions & i want to watch them fail.
there is absolutely no possible way to defend this research with any justification besides “we think they're weird and should be what we think is normal instead, because we’re superior and weird people make us uncomfortable.” so i want them to start being forced to defend it.

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