Neurodiversity
Does Autism Need To Be Cured?
An exploration of autism cure culture.
eugenics
Neurodiversity
Spectrum 10k Closed: The power of community organising
Those who have been following my work for the last 5 years will know that there was a time when I was heavily involved in a campaign to stop infamous study known as Spectrum 10k. This study raised a number of ethical concerns and s0arked outrage in the neurodiversity movement.
Society
Spectrum 10k and Autism Speaks are linked: here's the things that link them
Thanks to Fierce Autie a significant revelation has happened. Spectrum 10k and Autism Speaks are connected.
Neurodiversity
The reality of how cure culture interrupts the neurodiversity movement
The above scene is quite poinient to the topic of this article. Here we have Rogue, a mutant who kills everything she touches, and Storm, who can control the weather. One might be forgiven for not necessarily seeing the connection between this and Autistic experience, but it is in fact
Autistic Rights
Autistic culture and the conservation of neurodiversity
I've worn many professional hats over the years. Perhaps it may be surprising to some when they learn that I didn't spring forth from the womb clad in rainbow flags and infinity symbols. My undergraduate degree was actually completely unrelated to autism (in the literal sense)
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Spectrum 10k and further misleading information is circling
I'm going to start with an admission. The text-based images in this article came to me via a DM. I am yet to find their original source, and as such, I can not confirm whether the people behind Spectrum 10k wrote this. I do, however, feel that as
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Spectrum 10k will never be acceptable: Here is why
During my time in the Autistic community, I often heard murmurings of eugenics projects, but in all honesty, I was unaware of the reality of just how many sought to eradicate Autistic people. Perhaps then you can understand just how upsetting Spectrum 10k has been; not just for me, but
Autistic Rights
A brief history of Spectrum 10k
In the summer of 2021, it was announced that a new study would be seeking the DNA of 10,000 Autistic people and their families. They wanted to do this to look at co-occurring conditions amongst Autistic people and improve our wellbeing. Great right? Wrong. Upon further scrutiny, it became
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Spectrum 10k researchers have given up on hiding their eugenics agenda
CW: Termination of pregnancies, amniocentesis, pre-natal testing, eugenics Edit: This is just a focus group at this point, but it is terrifying none-the-less. Spectrum 10k is being run by a team from the Autism Research Centre (ARC) attached to the University of Cambridge. The scandalous research project has been a
Autistic Rights
10,000 to midnight: Spectrum 10k and the struggle to exist
"We have to tear down these structures, not just at the surface where projects such as S10k exist, but also at the root... Autistic people are not some sideshow exhibit, we do not exist to shock and astound you. There is beauty in our existence."
Autistic Rights
Spectrum 10k is still not acceptable, here are three reasons why
It is perhaps fitting that Spectrum 10k has reappeared during the dark months of the year. Much like the cryptids of antiquity, it inspires fear in our community, and obscures itself from the sight of all who attempt to quantify it's nature. There are no "versions"
Autistic Rights
Spectrum 10k is back, and now they want to exploit you
As you may remember from last year, Spectrum 10k was the project that "definitely wouldn't be used for eugenics" but had involvement from people with links to (you guessed it) eugenics. I won't bore you with the details of this project's history,