anbeund wrote:
TLPG wrote:
I certainly hope the OP is right. The mercury militia is perhaps the biggest threat, but things are happening in our favour.
No. It isn't. It really isn't.
I mean, it's a problem. It's not the biggest one for us.
It's the biggest threat, not problem. The reason is because that's the theory that is keeping the problem that you are talking about up front and centre (so to speak).
Look, I know it's hard for you to see the positives I am - after what you've been through (I defy anyone to state that they've truthfully had it worse than Anbuend) I don't blame you. But the legal precedents from Judge Berger and hopefully the Autism Omnibus are going to set massive precedents that should kick start the process to eliminate the "ableism" (as you put it) and the other associated problems. And that's just in the US.
You have Andrew Wakefield being investigated in the UK. You have things like the Autism State Plan down where I live. There's a lot of positive vibes going around that haven't been seen before. This is due to the scientific community drawing closer to finding the solution to the ASD puzzle, and the governments of the world being all ears (about the only positive to come out of the mercury militia's panic laden efforts). Of course they ignore the panic merchants as they should.
We are going in the direction against old style institutions. They're gone in Australia, and I can see a time when my country is a world leader in the handling of ASD's the way we are going at present. This will hopefully lead to institutions of this nature being closed in the US - including the pathetic JRC (possibly the US version of the Chelmsford Hospital here).
You might not see all that, Anbuend - and I respect that. And I agree with your views as well. I would be putting them in the past tense myself, though, because things have been worse than they are now. It'll reflect where you can see it sooner than you think.