I’m glad the Guardian article I’m quoted in is getting picked up but I wish “Don’t let the government make a list of disabled people” was a given and not something I had to argue
@dramypsyd they're also making a disabled people list??? They started making a Jewish people list just a few days ago
@lax Fuck really??
@dramypsyd *yup*. They mailed contact info they seized from a university asking for "voluntary disclosure to prevent antisemitism"
@lax Oh HELL no I guarantee that's not what they're going to do with it
@lax what the fuck what the fuck
@dramypsyd
@dramypsyd Hi Amy, is there a link to the article? As a disabled person in the UK, I am both curious and concerned.
‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database

US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse

The Guardian

@dramypsyd Many thanks. This whole autistic registry thing is quite unsettling. And my worry is where does this end?

Do they decide we are incapable of making day-to-day decisions? That we are deviant in thought? That we need chaperoned throughout our lives? Eliminated?

I'm trying to avoid hyperbole here, but history shows we don't tend to single out groups of people because we want to give them hugs and ice cream.