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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: Autism Speaks isn’t wrong for wanting to eliminate autism.

While I understand the rest of the criticisms of the organization I just don’t see what’s bad about wanting to cure autism. It’s objectively a bad thing in a lot of people. So many are non verbal,prone to seizures,and can’t survive on their own.


I also understand the perspective of autistic critics of this position. However it’s a bit of a privilege to be able to look down on this position when you’re high functioning enough to be an advocate. For many people autism is just a form of neuro diversity,for others it can rule your life.




Edit:I’ve changed my view slightly. Attempts to “cure” autism usually takes some pretty awful forms and it’s probably for the best if we stop trying to fit square pegs in round holes and create better supports for low functioning types.
gpt
There's a certain amount of fear that the 'cure' will be prenatal genetic testing and a rather hefty pressure on parents to abort if there's a high likelyhood of the child being autistic. In other words, they're eliminating autism by eliminating autistic people.