Genetic Research Promotes Autism Rejection

The issue with the 2022 genetic study targeted at the autistic community.

A study conducted by Mount Sinai is specifically targeted at developmental and neurological disorders. This study treats autism like a disease. The scientist discovered a specific mutation linked to the autism neurotype.

The clinical approach offered is not aimed at autism acceptance, but at autism management.

A majority of the autistic community does not support this research. It perpetuates the idea that autistic people are broken and need to be fixed. Too often society wants to focus on conformity. This fallacy of thinking contributes to the continued stigmatization of autistic people.

Instead of focusing on “treating” autism, scientists should develop methods of inclusion.

A world focused on exclusion means that minority populations, like those in the autistic community, constantly must prove the right to authentically exist.