Thread by @AutSciPerson

If case you're wondering

"Why should I submit a public comment to IACC?"

Let me show you just part of what was written by the NCSA (national council on severe autism) in July 2021 as a public comment.

TW ableism

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https://twitter.com/MorenikeGO/status/1484299718817628171

"Honest language to communicate realities. It is crucial that discussions at the federal level retain the
language the reflects our clinical and daily realities, such as the following examples we commonly hear
from our families and practitioners: abnormal, maladaptive,"

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"catastrophic, chaos, low-functioning,
suffering, devastating, panicked, hopeless, desperate, exhaustion, overwhelming, anguish, traumatic,
bankrupting, financially crushing, suicidal, epidemic, tsunami. We stress this not to detract from the
many positives"

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"found in every person disabled by autism, of course those also exist, but to ensure that
the challenges of autism are never semantically erased."

If you can get outraged and QT the above, then please submit a comment to IACC through here: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/publi…

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And if you are not sure what to write, this is what I wrote - some topics to think about writing about could be the JRC, ABA, research focusing on cures, lack of autistic input, etc.

"reflects our realities" they say. What about our own realities?

docs.google.com/document/d/1TU…

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[source of the quote. CW ableism - iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/iacc-… ]

And to be clear, under the guidelines it says "Duplicate submissions are discouraged; if received, only one example will be provided to the Committee."

So making the submissions different means more statements will be shown rather than just the one.

#IACCForAutistics