... It really is a shame that they still make it seem that being autistic is a problem...
If they found that it increases your chances of being gay or something, I'm sure their language would be much more respectful (if they published it at all).
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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I mean being autistic is a problem, in the same way losing a leg is a problem. It's not something to make a fuss about and definitely not something to hate people for, but people with even high-functioning autism definitely struggle with many things, and when you get to low-functioning autism it's a straight up disability.
I'm of the opinion that a lot of the "problems" with autism come from societal issues and lack of education rather than an innate thing.
Everyone has problems they need to work through. It's just that autistic people don't get the support they need.
As someone who struggles with it, you have absolutely no idea what the hell you’re talking about. Even if I had all the support in the world my life would still be struggle day in and day out, because it’s so much deeper than just being different. I understand why people try and make it seem that way, but it seriously minimizes what it actually is.
My godson is low to mid functioning and people like the one you're replying to don't realize that they're playing into the hands of people who want to cut help and financial aid for autism as a disability. "It's not really a disability" is extremely harmful.
But also I think society has done a great harm in hiding the most disabled among us. People hear autism and think some asshole on TV who plays as a savant. They don't think of the 17-year-old man who can't use the restroom and can only eat two food types despite years of therapy, who becomes violent if he can't watch YouTube on demand.
On the flip side, there's also the people who say that autism is nothing more than a disability that needs to be cured. This is probably what that they were referring to. Both extremes are harmful.
I would appreciate low functioning autism being cured. It is a hellish existence for a lot of people.
Some, sure. But even a perfect society wouldn't prevent me from crying when the sun shines in my face. It's ok that some of us think of certain aspects of our autism as problems and for some of us to not think that.
I feel like there needs to be more programs designed to get Autistic people in technical jobs. Obsession with a topic will quickly make you an expert. Get them in a position where the hard skills are assumed to be easy and the soft skills are the stuff to learn.
I think many Autistic people are in denial. I think some people think that changing there identity will make Autism go away. Spoiler: it doesn't
You can absolutely change your identity. However, changing your identity is not an effective way to hide from your problems.
**This is fake, not peer reviewed and an attempt to sell a fake cure by a quack. **
If this gives off Andrew Wakefield vibes to you, you are not alone. The "journal" is a huge red flag since the homepage is full of blatantly AI generated images (see below). It appears to have published very little else and appears to have been set up by the second name on the paper and corresponding author, Haitham Amal.
Amal, looking at his LinkedIn, appears to have also recently been appointed to the position at Neuro-nos, a company that describes itself as developing a non-FDA medical cure for autism and dementia.
I'm absolutely not saying that it can't be the case, nor that reducing pollutants from cars (and making more of them) would benefit everyones health. Just in this case, it is a blatant scam that will likely end up subjecting autistic children to god knows what side effects so this guy and his friends can make more money.
Urban development doesn't cause air pollution. Cars cause air pollution.
There's a difference.
How many cars, how much they are driven and how they are driven, depend on urban development.
Urban development -> cars -> pollution
If you want less cars going around, design your cities to allow and incentivize people not to use them. See recent developments in Paris as an example:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470
Industry also causes air pollution and plenty of it. It's more visually segregated in developed countries. But as an example, have you ever explored the Pakistani factory video genre on Youtube?
¿Por qué no los dos?
Because dense urban development is good, actually, and we don't need people posting pro-sprawl misinformation.
This has nazi europe vibes when you actually read it
The article itself is absolute hot garbage. It does nothing to back its claims beyond a few citations and fancy words. This is a just "make my numbers go up" pub. Irresponsible waste of resources if it really was funded by a grant. Christ look at the levels of speculation and chains of if/then correlations blatantly apparent in the diagram on page 3 of the journal article.
I really want to see studies of the percentage of autistic children born in urban areas versus rural areas.
Despite this shady website, I have heard this theory before.