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> As an autistic English professor who studies literature and neurodiversity, I was especially unnerved by Kennedy’s contention that many autistic people will n
by arcticfox 1y ago
> As an autistic English professor who studies literature and neurodiversity, I was especially unnerved by Kennedy’s contention that many autistic people will never write poetry.
> It couldn’t be further from the truth.
Screw this English professor with autism - RFK's comments are literally correct if you read them. Many autistic people like my child will never speak, he's not talking about English professors with level 1 autism. Stop ignoring those of us with much greater challenges, it's so condescending.
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- the_gipsy 1y agoDo you want to calculate how much your disabled child costs us healthy families next? It would be "literally correct" too.
- arcticfox 1y agoAn enormous amount, unfortunately for everyone? As it should, in a healthy society. I think you misread my politics because I think attacking RFK over this point is stupid, counterproductive, and condescending. He is going to cause harm a million ways but this is not it. He is obviously not talking about the English professor who has had a very successful life. The author is trying to do a "well actually" here and missing the entire point, as well as being literally wrong when you read the words. So even a generous, pedantic angle is stupid. For the record, I align completely with this liberal commentary in the NYT this week, that is 10x more eloquent than I am: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/opinion/autism-rfk-parent-child.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C08.hWX3.K0XZkxDcQ86Y&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/opinion/autism-rfk-parent...