@erik111189@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWhat are some companies that deserve to be boycotted to death?message-square349fedilinkarrow-up1380file-text
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minus-square@IdealShrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•1 year agohow is this different from screening for any other illness?
minus-square@ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year agoThat was my confusion as well. Genetic screening isn’t worthy of condemnation but “pro-eugenics” has a pretty broad spectrum.
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•1 year agoIt’s more like screening for left handedness than it is like screening for cerebral palsy.
minus-square@Bye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoAutistic people, as they define it, are not just differently abled. They started the foundation where that word didn’t include people with mild cases. If you could screen out non verbal, low functioning autism, that would be a good thing, just like screening out downs and whatnot.
how is this different from screening for any other illness?
That was my confusion as well. Genetic screening isn’t worthy of condemnation but “pro-eugenics” has a pretty broad spectrum.
It’s more like screening for left handedness than it is like screening for cerebral palsy.
Autistic people, as they define it, are not just differently abled. They started the foundation where that word didn’t include people with mild cases.
If you could screen out non verbal, low functioning autism, that would be a good thing, just like screening out downs and whatnot.