Adamantium wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
In another thread I discussed the what I believe to be the catastrophic ramifications for autistics if proof of vaccines are found to cause autism, and proof of big pharma government collusion are found. In summary, Autistics would be mutants. No credibility for the nuerodiversity movement, no reason not to do everything to cure it and force people to take the cure. Claims that older autistics like myself have always been around but not seen would be widely perceived to be discredited. A Trump administration “rigging” the system to find an autism-vaccine link would have similar effects.
But the proof that much autism isn't caused by any kind of childhood environmental insult is already there in good studies. You can't have differences in fetal development of synapses in kids with autism and then suddenly say "the vaccine did it." It's BS (bad science.)
Everyone is a mutant including neurotypicals. Only people who don't understand genetics or evolution thinks mutation isn't a constant process.
To get the result you are outlining, they would have to lie about so much, I don't think it would work.
So many things that were once considered undeniable fact are considered ridiculous today. Never say Never. Trump becoming president later this month is proof of that. True or not if the Trump administration autism policy is based on suspicion or beliefs that vaccines cause autism and they can carry out that policy it will have an effect on many autistics. Do I think we are hopelessly doomed, no. Expressing a belief and turning it into enforced policy are two very different things. I do think I have legitimate reasons for worry.
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