RE: The Absurd GOP
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 pm
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2025 at 11:59 pm by Jackalope.
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(April 23, 2025 at 12:54 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: "Reparented"? That sounds a lot like the "reeducation camps" in China that even right-wingers revile, and rightly so. It also makes it seem that autism-spectrum disorders arise from upbringing.
Precisely. While parenting can certainly affect an autistic person's life experience, we know that it's primarily a function of genetics.
The best things we can do for autists are to eliminate stigmas and accommodate their special needs.