Autism. You’ve probably used to as an insult before. When someone does something particularly stupid. Autism is the mental condition, present from early childhood that effects anything from communicating to forming relationships, understanding language or abstract concepts. Common misconceptions about autism are actually the work of a charity called “autism speaks”. You may have heard of them through event such as light it up blue or during autism awareness month. People within the autistic community considers them as a fear mongering hate group. A popular “fact” that was perpetuated by them was the idea that 80% of marriages with an autistic child ends in divorce. However, the chance that a couple with an autistic child will get divorced is only 12% higher than that of couple with a neurotypical child, and that figure decreases during teen years. That is certainly a far cry from 80%.
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There are plenty of “reasons” that parents choose not to vaccinate their kids but one of them is the idea that vaccines can cause autism. While we still don’t know what causes autism, it’s believed it may have something to do with neuro networks in the brain. Nothing to do with vaccines. The reason I bring this up is because anti vacs often run scare campaigns. One woman in these campaigns who has three autistic children, from mild to severe said “at least two (possibly three) of my children to NEVER be able to have the chance to be independent, fall in love and have a family.”. This statement and many more like it paints the picture that people with autism are unable to look after themselves or fall in love. These kinds of statements paint the picture that people with autism are soulless husks who are nothing but burdens on their
There are plenty of “reasons” that parents choose not to vaccinate their kids but one of them is the idea that vaccines can cause autism. While we still don’t know what causes autism, it’s believed it may have something to do with neuro networks in the brain. Nothing to do with vaccines. The reason I bring this up is because anti vacs often run scare campaigns. One woman in these campaigns who has three autistic children, from mild to severe said “at least two (possibly three) of my children to NEVER be able to have the chance to be independent, fall in love and have a family.”. This statement and many more like it paints the picture that people with autism are unable to look after themselves or fall in love. These kinds of statements paint the picture that people with autism are soulless husks who are nothing but burdens on their