I am begging, pleading, not just for #ActuallyAutistic people, but anyone who has an autistic family member, to please not give #Spectrum10K your DNA. They want to use it to "identify modifiable risk factors for autism", ie. figure out ways to identify and prevent us being born.
They will lie about their intentions when they ask you for it. They have been deliberately obfuscating their aims and purpose for months, only to have the unredacted wording of their grant application forced out of them by a freedom of information request. liamodell.com/2022/11/12/spe…
They know what they're doing, and they have deliberately tried to cover it up and pretend that their aims/goals are something else. The only reason to obfuscate this sort of thing is if you KNOW that autistic people don't want this, and you want to find a way to do it anyway.
Essentially, they are trying to manipulate/trick #ActuallyAutistic people and their families into handing over their DNA, saying they will use it to further understanding and support, when it will actually be used to try and figure out ways to prevent our existence #Spectrum10k
If you are autistic, or a family member of an autistic person, do NOT give them your DNA.
If you can, speak to your family members and tell them NOT to give their DNA.
And if you are a parent/carer of an autistic person, do NOT give permission for this study to take their DNA.
If you can, speak to your family members and tell them NOT to give their DNA.
And if you are a parent/carer of an autistic person, do NOT give permission for this study to take their DNA.
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