@autismspeaks and the parents who follow them came out on the attack with "autism is an epidemic that needs to be eradicated" and talks of curing us and preventing our existence, and we're just supposed to be all "OK sure I'm on board with this" instead of fighting back??
https://twitter.com/NeuroRebel/status/1426337361378545666
@TODAYshow really let the Autistic community down with this article. They had a real chance to show allyship and they sympathized with non-Autistic caregivers instead. Shameful. Truly shameful.
This is PRECISELY WHY I wish people would stop using the term "autism" at all. There isn't autism without Autistic people, so any time someone is talking about eradicating autism, they're talking about a world in which Autistic people do not exist. We have a right to exist.
So yes there absolutely IS a war. Non-Autistics started it, and the Autistic Community is fighting for our lives.
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