You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage.

I’d like to introduce you to my daughter.

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    Daily reminder that the fact RFK has a platform for the health policy of the US and not a grave after having his brain literally eaten by worms entirely due to his own risky behaviour, is fucking comically absurd

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      Reality has really gone beyond parody. We use the term “brain worms” to describe willfully ignorant people, and along comes this guy who actually does have brain worms. Lmao

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          he may sitll have one, being exposed to that man carcasses without proper sanitation, is asking for a parasite. he also abused heroin heavily too. i think he got his brother/cousin addicted to heroin and he ODed off it, and he drove his ex-wife to suicide too.

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      I know about the brain worm thing, but not it being attributed to his risky behavior. What was the behavior that the worms are attributed to?

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    Autist here.

    I bet I paid more taxes then this corrupt, nepo baby.

    I am also willing to bet I have a higher IQ too.

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    Motherfucker I guarantee i’ve paid more taxes than the entire fucking kennedy family, and I’m certainly a more useful member of society than captain brain worm

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    Autist here as well.

    I paid ~$100k in taxes last year. I got married in 2020. I donate thousands to my local community a year. At peak I was helping create 30 some odd jobs locally.

    RFK Jr can fuck off. I’ve historically done more good for this country in a month than he will ever do in his entire life. I wish the worst for him.

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    I’m not sure how people are supposed to talk about autism with precision when the official diagnosis can encompass both someone capable of being a brilliant inventor and someone not capable of even comprehending language. It’s broad to the point of being useless. Even RFK can see the difference between people with severe mental disabilities and people who are socially awkward and like math. What’s the point of confronting him with examples of the latter group when he’s talking about the former group?

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      Because not only did he not make the above distinction, the comments try to devalue anyone with that diagnosis.

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      For a very crude analogy, you can imagine a normal four wheel car as nuerotypical.

      Just because I have learned to balance a two-wheel car through sheer determination and willpower does not mean that I don’t notice that I’m missing two fucking Wheels. I’m just exceptionally good at masking deficiencies as I drive from a to b and not letting people notice as my overdeveloped other skills can be used to compensate .

      All that high functioning means is that I am aware of what society expects me to do. Manually take corrective actions to meet expectations and maintain appearances constantly. It’s tiring. Draining exhausting.

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      Well 1) he’s not making the fucking distinction, and 2) how are people supposed to talk about autism? Well how do you talk about abled people who run the gamut from world champion mma fighter to couch potato who couldn’t smack pudding?

      Spectrums? Spectrums??

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      All individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenges with social communication and interaction, and exhibit restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests. These are the core diagnostic criteria for ASD, and they are well defined.

      The “spectrum” part of the disorder refers to the fact that these can vary in severity, but in order to be diagnostically relevant, they must “cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.” Being awkward and liking math is not ASD unless it meets that standard.

      In any event, splitting ASD into distinct disorders by severity was not seen as clinically useful by the editors of the DSM, presumably after much consideration. If you wish to argue that level of severity between one symptom or another should be treated as a separate disorder, you can reach out to the Board of Trustees of the APA – maybe you’ll get your wish in the DSM VI.

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    RFK Jr is just a complete ghoul. He should have never touched power and the fact that he did speaks volumes to the profound sickness of the society we Americans occupy.

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    This fucv can go fuck himself. People are more than their economic utility and more importantly, they are much much more than their neurodivergence or any other health condition they have.

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    trying to convince someone infested with brainworms and had heroin addiction is something.

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    RFK Jr can’t read.

    Also, I don’t care if my daughter was Cheryl Fucking Hines, I wouldn’t introduce them to that sick fuck.

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    I challenge anyone to name one single thing how RFK has contributed to society. One. To show he isn’t just a waste of oxygen. I will be waiting.