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   NPR :press: (npr@press.coop)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 21:10:47 JST NPR :press:

   Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder

   A therapy that restores brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder may offer a strategy for treating conditions like autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. #press

   https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/30/1247900797/timothy-syndrome-genetic-disorder-brain-cells-restored?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

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     Dremmwel ar Vran Ruz (dremmwel@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 21:10:45 JST Dremmwel ar Vran Ruz

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     @pa @NPR @actuallyautistic some autistic persons would be glad to be freed from some manifestations of their autism, independantly from any ableist comments of the society around. These persons deserve as much care and attention as the autistic people who don't have such needs.
     Fighting for autism representation and acceptance is also fighting for the fulfilling of every autistic people's needs. Yes, even if it's a cure for some autistic manifestations.

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     'Pa :vim: (pa@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 21:10:46 JST 'Pa :vim:

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     @NPR Here we go again... "treating autism". NPR, can't you do better? Or we're going back to treating homosexuality and transgender as well? 🤬
     #actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic

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     PatternChaser (patternchaser@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 21:11:13 JST PatternChaser

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     @pa @Dremmwel @NPR @actuallyautistic

     Yes, I think many of us agree that our condition is not a disease to be cured, but only a difference. And besides, there is no 'cure'. The only way to stop autists from being born is eugenics, and I hope everyone knows how wrong and undesirable eugenics is...

     The fact is that all 'therapies' offered to autists or their guardians are not intended to benefit *us*. They are intended to make us more convenient, and less disturbing, for NTs. 😐

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     'Pa :vim: (pa@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 21:11:15 JST 'Pa :vim:

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     @Dremmwel @NPR @actuallyautistic That's two very different animals. Treating/curing autism, means rewiring my hyperconnected/underconnected brain. It's a hard pass for me, I very much enjoy what this brain brought into my life.
     Somehow getting magical support for the harmful manifestations of autism? Yeah, I could live with that, only temporarily, and only when I choose so. Even my most extreme reactions, over 50+ years, turned out to improve my life.

     carl marks repeated this.