this paper was doing the rounds on Twitter over the weekend - https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2020/11/02/JNEUROSCI.1237-20.2020
it basically says that NTs are more likely to choose an immoral act for personal gain than NDs, yet it's presented as a deficit in us.
morals are bad, yo.
nice response from @neuroclastic though: https://neuroclastic.com/2020/11/07/autistic-people-care-too-much-research-says/
in what ways can we as autistic people best counter the pathologizing language which is used against us across science?
we know that there's widespread misunderstanding about what autism is (especially in womxn - which is mainly why i only got my dx at age 45), but if the bulk of the 'evidence' is STILL discussing us in terms of deficits (at a time when the world is surely starting to wake up to the immorality of capitalism, and how that is not a healthy thing for anyone), surely it's time to change the conversation?
it basically says that NTs are more likely to choose an immoral act for personal gain than NDs, yet it's presented as a deficit in us.
morals are bad, yo.
nice response from @neuroclastic though: https://neuroclastic.com/2020/11/07/autistic-people-care-too-much-research-says/
in what ways can we as autistic people best counter the pathologizing language which is used against us across science?
we know that there's widespread misunderstanding about what autism is (especially in womxn - which is mainly why i only got my dx at age 45), but if the bulk of the 'evidence' is STILL discussing us in terms of deficits (at a time when the world is surely starting to wake up to the immorality of capitalism, and how that is not a healthy thing for anyone), surely it's time to change the conversation?
