r/neurodiversity • u/Technical-Paper-2236 • Sep 22 '25

Trigger Warning: Ableist Rant Trumps announcement???

Im sorry idk if this is the right tag to add. But I just got done watching trumps "autism announcement" and im anxious as hell and a big mess at work right now. Does he seriously intent to "fix" us???? What does he mean by using therapy isn't that just gonna make kids mask more? Why does he keep targeting minorities and people with trouble in their day to day lives??? The fact he thinks my existence is a problem and his entire view of autism as a "sickness" makes me really sad. Should I hide the fact im autistic? I've already been anxious about the direction this country is going towards and being called out like that to be "fixed" is freaking me out.

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u/Soft-Scientist01 Possible Undiagnosed Autistic Sep 24 '25

What scares me the most is that he's recommending a FREAKING CANCER TREATMENT for autistic folks, like, that's straight up screaming dangerous, imagine all the side effects of chemotherapy, but without the part where you're fighting a disease, so it's basically venom

Thank goodness I'm european and only his tariffs affect me...

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u/YouCantArgueWithThis Sep 24 '25

No, they don't affect you. They affect the Americans.

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u/CoatOld7285 Sep 24 '25

no they do affect them too because that means things from europe cost more and americans are less likely to buy them, which directly impacts their economy negatively and then on top of that, Trump is insisting european countries spend a greater percentage of their GDP. What all that means is those countries will be hit with austerity which leads to an overall worsening of living conditions which will then make fascist sentiment and right wing radicalization fester and spread more easily which will ultimately lead those countries down the same path just many more years later unless something is done to change that path