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It would take me some time to dive into the prevalence of abusive “therapies” or what every day life is for autistic people in China. I did find this report abo
by nefitty 5y ago
It would take me some time to dive into the prevalence of abusive “therapies” or what every day life is for autistic people in China. I did find this report about a rehabilitation center that forces autistic children to walk 19km (12 miles) per day as part of their treatment. It gained notoriety after a 3-year old died while in the center.
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/811/toddler-jia-jias-death-highlights-autism-ignorance https://www.sixthtone.com/news/811/toddler-jia-jias-death-hi...
- derefr 5y agoThat does sound more like it. My point was that this type of pseudo-“rehabilitation” can’t really be conflated with pseudo-“re-education.” No matter how abusive these rehabilitation centres are, they still have staff and facilities that the POW-camp-like environment of a re-education facility doesn’t (and probably cost a lot more to run.) Similar to the difference between state prisons and state mental asylums in America in the 1960s.
- noduerme 5y agoBecause people who can't conform are a lot less dangerous than people who won't.