I know, I know – I beat the MIT autism research center topic to death yesterday, but this was too … More
Tag: eugenics
Asperger’s / autism, genetics, & MIT ~ Part 4: A (mistaken) “utopia”
So MIT wants to erase autism. What would the leftover world look like?
Asperger’s / autism, genetics, & MIT ~ Part 3: The Lernaean Hydra
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has received $20 million to establish a brand-spankin’-new autism research wing. This is deeply … More
Asperger’s / autism, genetics, & MIT ~ Part 1: Consent?
Upon learning that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had established a shiny, spankin’ new $20-million-dollar autism research wing, I … More
Reality Check: Autism Speaks *is* still chasing a “cure”
…they’re just being more subtle about it. Near the end of last week, the headline broke: “Autism Speaks has removed … More
Why Autism Speaks is bad: it actually hurts Asperger’s / autistic people
The short version: Autism Speaks sucks. It advocates (ineffective) “therapies” that do actual harm to autistic people and it promotes … More
Star-shaped peg in a square-pegged world – Part 3: Cure, prevention, and eugenics
I don’t want to delve too far into “us vs them-ness” (although I’m not sure I can help it, at … More
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