flexghost.Apr 20, 2025

Hi.

Autistic person here

RFK Jr. didn’t “misspeak” when he called autism an “epidemic” that “dwarfs COVID.”
That’s eugenicist rhetoric.

We’re not a disease—we’re people.

The spectrum includes those who need support and those building the future. Diagnoses have expanded because understanding has improved—not because autism is “spreading.”

Dehumanizing us is not health policy. It’s dangerous

#actuallyautistic

Show threadJonji
@flexghost Someone mentioned yesterday that it's possible, in his warped, non-medically-trained mind he's conflating Autism with Down's. I can completely see it.
Apr 20, 2025 at 3:08pmWeb
Show threadflexghost.Apr 20, 2025
@jonjimama this doesn’t make sense to me
Show threadJonjiApr 20, 2025
@flexghost Nor I. But he's ignorant enough about it for it to be possible.
Show threadSometimesLovelyApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama @flexghost And is also wrong! Downs Syndrome is not infectious, it is a genetic condition. There are many people who have Downs Syndrome, working, earning and paying taxes and living independently. This includes actors and artists. The barriers to work are less about the condition, and any false assumptions about using use a toilet,and more about a lack of understanding, prejudice.
Show threadCarniviusApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama It's possible. And that makes him even more of an idiot.
Show threadJonjiApr 20, 2025
@Carnivius Like Linda McMahon and her "A1", but with real consequences.
Show threadCarniviusApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama Oh god yea, is there ANYONE on that administration who knows what the hell they're talking about?
Show threadJonjiApr 20, 2025
@Carnivius No one with legitimacy would work for him. The biggest trolls were selected. Election losers, narcissists, etc. It was to rub it in our faces. Main goal? Dismemberment of the US.
Show threadBernie Luckily Does ItApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama @flexghost He's wrong about Down's too.
Show threadJonjiApr 20, 2025
@BernieDoesIt @flexghost oh, absolutely.
Show threadSeanApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama @flexghost down syndrome is just as likely caused by vaccines as autism, so RFK can make the same illogical jump with the same "facts"
Show threadJonjiApr 20, 2025
@Sean @flexghost Except we know Down's has been around since long before vaccines! Neither of them are "recent"!!
Show threadSeanApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama @flexghost yeah, equally illogical conclusion from the same nonexistent facts
Show threadzemsgramApr 20, 2025
@jonjimama @flexghost It makes no difference. Even if he meant Down’s he’s still horribly wrong and dangerous. The man has a drug-addled and worm eaten brain and he has no business making pronouncements about anything, especially healthcare.
Show threadflexghost.Apr 20, 2025
@zemsgram @jonjimama correct