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Jetrell Fo
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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3-Apr-2017, 10:50 PM

darth_ender said:

I’m not saying this is right for everyone. I’m not saying we should not offer such “cures” them. But to expect it as the better option for all of them is a bit presumptuous. I don’t think I would ever want my brother cured. I love him as he is, and I’m so grateful for all he has taught me and my family. I can see why a cure to autism might be equally repulsive to many.

I don’t think anyone here said, I know I didn’t, that a cure would be the best option. Not even the article that was quoted with the hyperbole attached to it said that. I do believe that when medical treatments make leaps and bounds and become able to allow a choice, it should be up to the patient, and no-one else. Everything I do for my daughter, is done with her input, and I do not benefit from it in any way. I raise her to be her own person. It would be more presumptuous to not put their best interests in front of our own. I’m not nor did I say people can’t be afraid of it or hate it, that is still a choice, but we should want what our kids feel make them happy, not what we feel would make us happy.