Curebies vs NDs: Division witnessed in the Autism Community
I have read posts on here similar to this one. I have also recently witnessed attacks on Twitter, both against those for neurodiversity and against those for cure. By both sides.
One tweet I read said "If u hate autism then u hate ur son." *sigh*
Do I hate my son if I hate it when he spits at me?
Do I hate my son if I hate it when he hits me?
Do I hate my son if I hate it when he punches holes in the wall?
Do I hate my son if he spills milk and cries and screams for TWO HOURS because he spilled milk because I hate the feeling it produces in my head when he does so?
Do I hate my son because I hate it when he refuses to wear a perfectly good pair of sneakers that I just bought?
Do I hate my son because I hate having to cook the same meal, again and again?
Do I hate my son because I hate the fact that he doesn't have *any* friends?
No. The answer to all of these are NO. I can, however, hate the cause of all these things, which is autism.
However, I know there are those and I mostly agree with, that will say autism is a part of him. Therefore if you hate autism you hate him. Autism is not necessarily a part of us. It is the reason we are the way we are. Would I hate a person who has exhibited poor behavior? No. I'd hate the bad behavior.
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