Mastodawn

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

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Jonji Apr 20, 2025

@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.

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SometimesLovely

@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.