Viele in der Autismus -Community sagen, RFK Jr. drängt schädliche und regressive Rhetorik darüber, wer sie sind
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/health/autism-rfk-criticism/index.html
Viele in der Autismus -Community sagen, RFK Jr. drängt schädliche und regressive Rhetorik darüber, wer sie sind
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/health/autism-rfk-criticism/index.html
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Many outside of the community are saying RFK Jr is a eugenicist
Yes well, that is because he is pushing harmful and regressive rhetoric about who they are.
wait until he takes their vote away
some might call me delusional, but I fear this turning into a genocide once RFK doesn’t get the results he wants
yes, but that has not stopped anyone before and it won’t stop them now.
Like trans people, neurodivergent people do not qualify as „human“ in their minds. That means what they want to do to them is not „murder,“ because „murder“ requires „humanity“ and „victimhood“ to be a thing.
nothing will stop them from exterminating these groups until they ARE stopped.
He’s a crusty old Boomer. He needs to stop worrying about the autistic community and go deal with the old folks home community. He’ll be right at home there
What will happen is that less people will seek support for autism, parents will do everything they can to prevent a child from being diagnosed with or screened for autism, and then finally after autism diagnosis rates go down RFK Jr. and Trump say they were right about vaccines and seed oil.
Serious question, does RFK jr know HES on the spectrum???
Autistic here. Fuck RFK Jr to the deepest depths of hell
You know an HHS Director is bad when people are begging them not to help.
I mean the biggest reason he’s able to call it an epidemic is because the actual diagnosis of Autism has been expanded leading to far more people diagnosed with it than decades ago and most of those people who wouldn’t have been diagnosed decades ago manage to live a very FUNCTIONAL life with it… while still clinically diagnosed as autistic today.
So him going out there and more or less talking like anyone with autism needs a caretaker to perform routine tasks for them is just flat out wrong.
America, you must be proud to have such a medical genius in your midst.
I mean yeah? He said that autistic people will never go on dates or pay taxes, making it clear that he’s literally never met an autistic person other than Elon Musk.
Can we make him sit through the Temple Grandin movie then show him ~~what she’s worth~~ her financial worth – since that’s all he understands?
Where is Sirhan Sirhan when you need him?
Correlation vs causation problem. When more people can see a doctor for a diagnosis, more people are going to get diagnosed. That’s not indicative of the cause, but he’s pinning the blame anyway.
It’s so easy to see what is happening. Saying it’s not your genetics is flattering to these parents. Many of the activists about this are right leaning white people. And I have to assume this is some kind of subconscious denial of the reality that yes their genes too can produce autistic children. How can you have supremacy if you aren’t perfect?
He should worry about MAHA and the measles outbreak he started with his loony anti-vaccine propaganda instead.
It’s not even a question. It is clear and objective, he said verbatim that people with autism can’t write poetry, have meaningful relationships or many other things they currently enjoy en masse.
He’s a nincompoop
Says the man with worms in his brain. His cameo appearance on the latest season of Clone High says it all.
„They can **talk**???
– RFK Jr., probably
This all comes down to ‘widening’ of diagnosis-30-40 years ago he was probably correct given who got diagnosed and how doctors considered autism….now we’re identifying people much lower on the spectrum (who live totally functional lives)
He seems to think all autistic people ( and the increasing number are all on the high end…like those who used to be the quintessential autistic person)
Growing up I knew one kid with autism and he was largely non verbal, must be cared for his whole life etc…now that isn’t the case, I want someone to sit down and ask rfk about this so I can see if he understands it
It is regressive. I recently finished comedian Fern Brady’s book Strong Female Character and she mentions how a psychiatrist once told her she couldn’t possibly be autistic because she’s had boyfriends and can look people in the eye. She was eventually successfully diagnosed way later in her 30s.
The richest self made man in the world, bill gates, has autism. Clearly Elon musk has autism. Does he forget all the billionaires who have autism? wtf is wrong with this man
The guy is a mad man
It’s eugenics.
Yes, some people exist in our communities that need a lot more help than other people. Regardless of the reason or diagnosis, they deserve to be treated with respect and like human beings with value.
The response to this shouldn’t be that “oh not all people with autism”
The right response to this is rather to be furious that he would dare devalue a persons life because they have a disability— no matter how that disability impacts them.
Many?
Many rational humans know RFK Jr. is pushing harmful rhetoric.
My son is 29, aspergers and a functioning adult in this country. He works, drives and has empathy for people. They told me when he was 2, he’d never function. I said, „he’s 2, he has a long time to prove you wrong“. We did, I’m his (and EVERYONE diagnosed) biggest advocate. 🧩🥰🤗
National Strike Now!
Speaking as an autistic person, that translates to „Fuck this brainworm eaten asshole.“
🙂