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Smelena
Cure Neurotypicals Now!
Joined: Apr 02, 2007
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Re: A cure for FUTURE autism |
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| xyzyxx wrote: | | However, what if a cure was devised that would prevent your children, and the children of others, from being born autistic? |
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
I am neurotypical but 2 of my sons are Aspie.
I look forward to them getting married and having children.
I would love to be a grandma of any children they have: neurotypical or aspie.
Either way, these grandchildren would bring joy into our family's life.
Helen
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Sora
Illogical, Irrational
Joined: Sep 16, 2006
Age: 20
Posts: 2466
Location: Europe
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| gitchel wrote: |
Of course, there would be a TINY amount of non-compliance, but those resulting autistics would be even MORE drastically shunned by society, since they would be considered “preventable.” |
No, for the same reason. It applies to any other irresponsible handling of modifying the genetic pool.
It's times like when a parent of a kid with Down's is asked by other parents why they actually let the kid with Down's come into life. This attitude is just wrong.
If people are more responsible, if they ever will be, I will reconsider, because responsible use would then not be devastating, as horrible and as downright wrong.
(As hurtful as I personally think it to be to modify/abort any child.) |
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EvilKimEvil
zoo-music girl
Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 3038
Location: CA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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No. I disagree with the following practices:
1. Selective Abortion Based on Parents' Desires - I think that selective abortion should be allowed only for conditions that are obviously extremely painful for the affected individual and cannot be treated effectively. Even then, it's an ethical gray area, but I think one could make a case for it. When selective abortion is motivated more by the parents' desire for a "prefect" child than concern for the quality of life the child might have, it is a form of eugenics, which should be discouraged.
2. Arguably Unnecessary Modification of an Individual Without Their Informed Consent - IMO, no one should be medicated or operated upon without their fully informed consent unless it is necessary to save their life or preserve their quality of life. Since no one can say what quality of life an autistic person will experience, it would be wrong to do anything to a fetus, infant or child to prevent autism. |
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skafreak1
Emu Egg
Joined: Mar 13, 2008
Posts: 8
Location: Missouri Military Academy
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Many of the supporters of the “cure” are the parents and friends of autistic people, not the autistic ones themselves. For this reason, I criticize the cure theory as being forced upon autistics by a neural typical society that only wishes to have others conform to it instead of accepting people’s differences.
As someone who has not been diagnosed with autism or AS, I don't believe that I have any right to decide whether another human being, alive or unborn, should be forced to change because they're not like me.
When I was younger, I would get so angry that my younger AS brother wasn't "normal". But as I grew older I began to celebrate his differences, not criticize them. I now believe that different people add to the richness and diversity of the human species.
I know that my brother is the only brother I would ever want, and I wouldn't change him at all. |
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