You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage.
I’d like to introduce you to my daughter.
Autist here.
I bet I paid more taxes then this corrupt, nepo baby.
I am also willing to bet I have a higher IQ too.
RFK Jr can’t read.
Also, I don’t care if my daughter was Cheryl Fucking Hines, I wouldn’t introduce them to that sick fuck.
Motherfucker I guarantee i’ve paid more taxes than the entire fucking kennedy family, and I’m certainly a more useful member of society than captain brain worm
Daily reminder that the fact RFK has a platform for the health policy of the US and not a grave after having his brain literally eaten by worms entirely due to his own risky behaviour, is fucking ｃｏｍｉｃａｌｌｙ ａｂｓｕｒｄ
Yeah and also (even more crucially) no scientific education whatsoever
Well sure, but he did “experiment” with drugs, which I mean… scientists do experiments, right?
Reality has really gone beyond parody. We use the term “brain worms” to describe willfully ignorant people, and along comes this guy who actually does have brain worms. Lmao
I know about the brain worm thing, but not it being attributed to his risky behavior. What was the behavior that the worms are attributed to?
Eating roadkill on the reg
From my understanding of this topic as it is tangentially related to my profession, it’s generally from undercooked pork in 3rd world countries. Since RFK is one of the rich white people, I find that to be a more likely source than roadkill. What’s your source for the roadkill idea?
That’s a wild read. So many WTFs there.
Here’s to hoping he goes out like his uncle did.
I’m not sure how people are supposed to talk about autism with precision when the official diagnosis can encompass both someone capable of being a brilliant inventor and someone not capable of even comprehending language. It’s broad to the point of being useless. Even RFK can see the difference between people with severe mental disabilities and people who are socially awkward and like math. What’s the point of confronting him with examples of the latter group when he’s talking about the former group?
Well 1) he’s not making the fucking distinction, and 2) how are people supposed to talk about autism? Well how do you talk about abled people who run the gamut from world champion mma fighter to couch potato who couldn’t smack pudding?
Spectrums? Spectrums??
All individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenges with social communication and interaction, and exhibit restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests. These are the core diagnostic criteria for ASD, and they are well defined.
The “spectrum” part of the disorder refers to the fact that these can vary in severity, but in order to be diagnostically relevant, they must “cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.” Being awkward and liking math is not ASD unless it meets that standard.
In any event, splitting ASD into distinct disorders by severity was not seen as clinically useful by the editors of the DSM, presumably after much consideration. If you wish to argue that level of severity between one symptom or another should be treated as a separate disorder, you can reach out to the Board of Trustees of the APA – maybe you’ll get your wish in the DSM VI.
Because not only did he not make the above distinction, the comments try to devalue anyone with that diagnosis.
