[1/4] #autism #ASD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #antivaxx #vaccines

To put it simple: Autism spectrum disorder is a systemic developmental disorder of the brain and the nervous system (among other systemic maldevelopments) during the FETAL state due to genetic defects. Which means the genetic defects MUST be either inherited OR triggered (e.g. by toxins* or infections) BEFORE that very fetal state. ->2/4

@simon_brooke
“Without us, you’d still [be] shivering naked in caves” - makes me so uncomfortable.
Your view on autism being a difference and not a disorder is yours, I will not pretend otherwise.

If you now one autistic person, you know one autistic person. And there are many, many autistic people who struggle a lot due to the symptoms that come with ASD.

Autistic people are not “better” or “worse” people. We are all people. We all should aspire to work together — neurodiverse and neurotypicals — just like we all did throughout humanity’s history.

Your framing reminds me a lot of “Aspie-Supremacy” and it makes me really sad. I feel like you are simply erasing our autistic siblings who need more care, whose symptoms are debilitating and who desperately need more support. By saying it is not a disorder it will just become harder for them to get access to help.

I would really appreciate for you to think about your statement again and understand different viewpoints without invalidating what another person said.
#actuallyautistic

@mayz @simon_brooke I think of my autism as a disorder.

*But* if I were only surrounded by other autistic people, then it would no longer be.

I need more help and support specifically because most people around me are different, and don’t understand me.

For me, it’s the context that makes it a disorder. And that’s why some days it instead feels like a superpower.