Replying to Uta Frith's views, one by one.
With thanks to all the members of the autistic community who've informed me & inspired me to write this thread.
For those lucky not to know about her article in The Times, and various other related statements, links at the end.
CW: it's upsetting 😟
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Her view: Autism in women has gone too far.
Reply: Interesting. Has freedom in women gone too far, too?
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Her view: We must categorise autism into smaller subgroups.
Reply: Interesting also - a bit like how Hans Asperger did in Nazi Germany? I think, in this case, the purpose is to exclude a lot of people from the category "autism" and to divide the autistic community.
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Right? Sorry as I know it's quite upsetting 😢
Ditto. I would actually not recommend listening to the podcast. It's just awful.
Hm I think I should add to the beginning of the thread that is quite upsetting... A CW.
I probably should have done that to start with! Sorry about that 😟
K.J. Elphinstone
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