Do you ever think that maybe a diagnosis you received may have come back to bite you?

  • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    RFKjr is setting up a national autism registration and he’s already proposed to send neurodivergent people to farms. It’s pure Nazi eugenics.

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      4 hours ago

      My pet goldfish was also sent to a farm when I was a kid. Sending people to farms sounds like a euphemism for extermination.

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      20 hours ago

      I did a search, and discovered articles pointing to sending addicts to farms. I couldn’t find anything similar for neurodivergent people.

      Can you link something?

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          The article specifically states that the reason for getting this info is to link with other datasets to look for causes for the increase in autism cases.

          “Linking CMS claims data with a secure real-world NIH data platform, fully compliant with privacy and security laws, will unlock landmark research into the complex factors that drive autism and chronic disease — ultimately delivering superior health outcomes to the Americans we serve,” he said.

          It makes no mention of farms for neurodivergent people. That’s some nonsense.

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              Where do yall come up with this stuff, and do you actually believe it? He’s attempting to find the CAUSE of autism by joining datasets. Any mention of CURE would be in the context of curing society of the problems causing it. That’s all.

              I swear yall are either master misinfo spreaders or so blind across party lines that you don’t use your brains or something.

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              That has nothing to do with autism. He’s never even insinuated that neurodivergent people need nature and “farming” to recover.

              Interesting opinion in the article though. I’m pretty interested in his full idea/plan with mental health treatment. I recovered from a lifetime battle with alcohol at a men’s spiritual recovery center which operates on similar principles. So I have a unique view into that.

              Again tho, completely unrelated to his investigation into the causes of autism. Why are you conflating the two things?

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                I wasn’t trying to conflate the two things. I was providing a source on where the “farms” came from, and clarified that they were meant to help “drug addicts” (not minimizing your experience- just reinforcing that the wording is already not great from a lens of treating maladaptive substance use, in addition to being completely inappropriate for people who take prescribed medications.)

                I neither agreed not disagreed, though I do find it problematic to be enrolling people who are neurodivergent into any kind of list for any reason without their expressed consent and ability to withdraw that consent at any times. If the reason is purely investigation/research as you say, then I believe that it should be under the same rigor and ethics considerations as any other research.

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      19 hours ago

      What?! Can you provide some sources on this?

      That seems to be complete nonsense. RFKjr is working to determine the cause of the increase in autism rates by linking datasets. Specifically looking into correlation with vaccines.

      There has never been talk of sending neurodivergent people to farms or camps.

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      22 hours ago

      Ffs America you’re supposed to be setting the example here