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   flexghost. (flexghost@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 23:33:31 JST flexghost.

   Hi.

   Autistic person here

   RFK Jr. didn’t “misspeak” when he called autism an “epidemic” that “dwarfs COVID.”
   That’s eugenicist rhetoric.

   We’re not a disease—we’re people.

   The spectrum includes those who need support and those building the future. Diagnoses have expanded because understanding has improved—not because autism is “spreading.”

   Dehumanizing us is not health policy. It’s dangerous

   #actuallyautistic

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     Gatekeeper.. (gatekeepken@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 06:09:02 JST Gatekeeper..

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 11:00:55 JST Miakoda

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     • Whinery

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     @flexghost

     Before figuring out I'm autistic, my struggles were just me being a worthless piece of shit. Now I know what's going on and can actually manage my struggles a whole lot better and suicidality has dropped. So, some doctors are fucking wrong. How bout that!

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     Whinery (whinery@undefined.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 11:01:08 JST Whinery

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     #RFKjr is a bad person, some doctors say the definition of autism is too broad.

     https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/doctor-who-broadened-autism-spectrum-sorry-for-over-diagnosis/

     #reserach #actuallyadhd #actuallyautistic #autism
     #ADHD #science #factsmatter