There is fierce disagreement among autism rights activists, of which neurodiversity supporters are one-third of the argument. Another set of activists insists that toxins, mostly vaccines, cause autism and these poisons and pollutants should be removed from the environment to cure autism. There is a third group of activists who believe autism is a genetic characteristic and should be cured by concentrating on genome research.

Including the anti-vaccine cranks in this statement is like saying “there is fierce disagreement among biologists, of which structuralists and developmental biologists are one-third of the argument. Another set insists that the earth and all modern life forms were created miraculously over a period of 6 24-hour days, about 6,000 years ago. There is a third group of biologists who believe that genetics and molecular biology are the best avenue for learning about the process of evolution on the planet.”

The prevalence of autism has increased nearly 1000% in the United States over the last 15 years. Now, as many as 1 in 150 children may be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. We now include people who would have been previously diagnosed with ment…

As I’ve written elsewhere, only autism advocates would irrationally presume that the CDSS is really saying that DS people (unlike all other human beings) do not need assistance or education or services, and that DS people (unlike all other human beings) never suffer at all and never face any challenges or difficulties.”

It does comes oh so close though that it fails in its message.

I look after someone with down syndrome. As much as I care for my friend, if someone thinks that the condition of down syndrome is not a ‘defect’ they don’t know what the word means.

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