Aaron

Did you know that forced-sterilization of #disabled people is expressly legalized in 31 US states to this very day?

https://nwlc.org/resource/forced-sterilization-of-disabled-people-in-the-united-states/

#HumanRights
#DisabilityRights
#AutismRights #AutisticRights
#IntellectualDisability
#ReproductiveRights
#ForcedSterilization

Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States - National Women's Law Center

Disabled people have fought to make their own decisions about their bodies. But many laws still take that decision away. These include laws about sterilization.  Sterilization is a procedure that stops someone from ever having babies. Disabled people should get to decide if they are sterilized or not. But laws in many states say that […]

National Women's Law Center
Apr 3, 2023 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023

In our not too distant past, in fact, there were actual state-run programs to force-sterilize disabled people en masse. Not surprisingly, the biggest group affected was often #DisabledBlackWomen.

https://news.yahoo.com/genocide-own-backyard-nc-classrooms-111500115.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABqMAAscgBCfS3CHy3ft8QU3zz5jubAVDuI92CgKbgSLjqB-zPHEEAWLW7S2rZhXd5nutaVGgoQQisNnb0UTZlnH7Qe5NtSDPDu-Dp-vioACnPnIzoMAEze7y1MyZwUf06bxZAgU-zVeH9LD0HLbE3X4xoPm3UpMhGHXWknT_kmO

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Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023

"Autistic children and adults face the proliferation of medicalized approaches relying on the over-prescription of psychotropic medications, their placement in psychiatric hospitals and long-term care institutions, the use of physical or chemical restraint, electro-impulsive therapy, etc."

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2015/04/discrimination-against-autistic-persons-rule-rather-exception-un-rights

Discrimination against autistic persons, the rule rather than the exception – UN rights experts

French World Autism Awareness Day - Thursday 2 April 2015

OHCHR
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023
As recently as 2013, #autistic people have been "debarked" like dogs. I would link to an article, but all of them I found were *positive* about it.
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023

And shocking autistic people to "train" them, which most people agree isn't even humane for an animal, is still a thing.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/decades-long-fight-over-electric-shock-treatment-led-fda-ban-n1265546

#StopTheShock

A decades-long fight over an electric shock treatment led to an FDA ban. But the fight is far from over.

The FDA has banned a form of electric shock treatment used on students with extreme behavior problems. So why is a Massachusetts school still using it?

NBC News
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023
It's a well-known phenomenon that autistic people are often murdered by family members, who then receive sympathy rather than condemnation from broader society. (I see these stories on a regular basis.)
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023
We are also frequently murdered by police because we don't behave in the way they expect, and they assume drugs or violent tendencies are at play. We are at further risk because many of us have trouble understanding/following instructions, and we often suffer selective mutism in the presence of authority. Police receive little to no training on this topic.
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023
If we are lucky enough to get to go to school, we often face inhumane practices such as forced restraint or public shaming by authority figures, alongside bullying and abuse from classmates.
Show threadAaronApr 3, 2023

I can keep going, but I'm starting to get sick to my stomach. We are treated like garbage -- human refuse. And I've only focused in on my specific disability. Imagine all the other disabled folks and their stories, probably reaching similar levels of horror.

The world needs to change. Step up. Do your part. Disability doesn't mean less than human.