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 threadJonjiApr 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.
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 threadSean
@jonjimama @flexghost yeah, equally illogical conclusion from the same nonexistent facts
Apr 20, 2025 at 8:54pmWeb