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   Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:08:01 JST Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr

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   Please don't conflate this into thinking that I mean a child who is ND or disabled is less good or desirable than a child who isn't, I am not, only a monster would see it that way.

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     Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:08:03 JST Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr

     Okay I'm just spouting off here, and this is purely conjecture, so feel free to comment or send studies or whatever. I'm curious what other people think.

     I feel like so much of this anti-vaccine rhetoric is based in ableism and self hatred. Many of the conditions that are attributed to vaccines by anti-vaxxers are often genetic. Let's say the big one, "Vaccines are giving kids autism." Autism has a large genetic component, estimates between 40%-80% are common. I have to wonder how much of it is wanting something to blame when they have trouble accepting their child as is, as well as having trouble accepting themselves as possibly having autistic traits. Maybe they are afraid of being blamed for not being good enough or healthy enough to have a "perfect" child, and it's easier to blame something completely unrelated.

     Mr. Bill and Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 repeated this.
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     Tip (tip@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 09:56:25 JST Tip

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     I work with special needs kids. Many of the parents will say, "She was dropped when she was a baby," or relate some similar trauma story to explain the differences in their child. It's sad that they would rather carry the blame than except that this is how their child was supposed to be.