Aaron Vrolijk, MD
@aaronvrolijk.bsky.social
Neurospicy doctor with too many degrees. Founder & executive director of HealthEd4Everyone. Views are my own. He/him
If this concerns you too:
- Uplift voices from autistic people
- Help people understand autism (counter bias and misinformation)
-Contact your representatives about disability service cuts
Because once we decide some lives aren't worth living, no one is safe.
- Uplift voices from autistic people
- Help people understand autism (counter bias and misinformation)
-Contact your representatives about disability service cuts
Because once we decide some lives aren't worth living, no one is safe.
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If this concerns you too:
- Uplift voices from autistic people
- Help people understand autism (counter bias and misinformation)
-Contact your representatives about disability service cuts
Because once we decide some lives aren't worth living, no one is safe.
- Uplift voices from autistic people
- Help people understand autism (counter bias and misinformation)
-Contact your representatives about disability service cuts
Because once we decide some lives aren't worth living, no one is safe.
Society benefits when autistic people—all of us, including those who need significant support—can contribute our perspectives and strengths.
Different brains aren't defective brains.
Different brains aren't defective brains.
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Society benefits when autistic people—all of us, including those who need significant support—can contribute our perspectives and strengths.
Different brains aren't defective brains.
Different brains aren't defective brains.
But instead of building that environment, the current administration wants to eliminate autistic people. They're saying we don't have value and are just a drain on society. This is the same language used throughout eugenics. It's just rebranding.
@statnews.com
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The Trump administration’s approach to autism is tangled up with ableism, eugenics, and pronatalism
“The current political establishment and their supporters have consistently pathologized difference,” particularly when it comes to autism, a professor of medicine writes.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
But instead of building that environment, the current administration wants to eliminate autistic people. They're saying we don't have value and are just a drain on society. This is the same language used throughout eugenics. It's just rebranding.
@statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...
@statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...
I need to be clear: Some autistic people need much more support than I do. That doesn't make their lives less valuable.
Think of it like wheelchair ramps. We adapt the environment.
Think of it like wheelchair ramps. We adapt the environment.
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I need to be clear: Some autistic people need much more support than I do. That doesn't make their lives less valuable.
Think of it like wheelchair ramps. We adapt the environment.
Think of it like wheelchair ramps. We adapt the environment.
These same brain differences have strengths too. When I was seeing patients, I consistently got feedback that I was good with them. I think that's BECAUSE I take people literally. I listen without making the automatic social judgments neurotypical brains make.
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
These same brain differences have strengths too. When I was seeing patients, I consistently got feedback that I was good with them. I think that's BECAUSE I take people literally. I listen without making the automatic social judgments neurotypical brains make.