"Autistic Pride Day" is now a thing.
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Translation: We can't fight for Autistic rights without sterilizing autistic kids.
What about autistic kids' right to not have their psychological vulnerabilities exploited by a punch of predatory groomers because it's easier to convince them they're the wrong gender?
The usual problem: For actual people who have it like me and just want to be normal people, it is something to get mad over. For the activist, it is just another case where the intersection of causes must be fulfilled.
As for me, I will have nothing to do with this. Because in general, I want nothing to do with the Autism advocacy groups. They are either raging, hardcore Leftist who do raging, hardcore Leftist things, or they act like Autism is a life destroyer in all cases and think that those who are high functioning (like myself) deserve to be treated with the same things as someone who is legitimately unable to care for themselves.
The weirdest part of any of these advocacy groups (deaf, blind, autistic, and other disabilities) is that, because they view it as an identity, they're not advocating for it to get better. They're not advocating for less people with these issues going forward; in fact, that would be a genocide.
If autism advocate groups could cure autism tomorrow...they wouldn't.
I think it is a little bit harder for it to "get better" with Autism since it affects so much of brain function, and I would likely turn down any "cure" (for lack of a better terms) because I have no idea what it would change about me and the way I think at a most basic level. But like I said, it is different with Autism. The Blind and Deaf have no such excuse since theirs are 100% a disability with little to no benefit, unlike Autism where in high-functioning cases you are trading some social skills (which you can learn anyway) for things like improved memory and enhanced attention to detail.
At the same time, you are right about those who especially have low-function Autism, like the kind who can barely even speak. In those cases, I think it would be wise to find a way to if not "cure" them at least raise their function level.