eBay actually has an inbuilt write-a-description button when you list an item now, so one wouldn't even have to go to a different spot to do that.

Yeah, when I first read it, my brain parsed it as "they contribute love to our society," as in the relationships people have with each other matter beyond what they do. Would need to more explicitly distance it from the whole productive/unproductive line the eugenicists like to draw, though.

Gotta nuke those hurricanes and inject some bleach too

Got to harass women and girls to protect them, right? What logic.

That didn't take long.

Wow, from nearly all support to all but one oppose. Thanks you for sharing!

I get what you're trying to say, just friendly reminder that these aren't illnesses. They're the wiring for how many people's brains work. People aren't illnesses, diseases, or epidemics.

Healthcare funding, vaccines, medical research, and now the privacy of our medical info (RFK Jr's database collating autistic people's medical records & other info). The Republicans want many of us dead. Act accordingly.

Your last name clearly tells us what party you claim to support. 🙃

Honestly, that loophole probably needs closing since even though it was used for a good thing this time, we won't hold power forever. Even so, impressed with the creativity, and it's not like the GOP hasn't played dirty themselves, so I'll take the win.

Wisconsin Synod doesn't. Probably ELCA you're thinking of?

Would be hard to purposely opt in or out of this one. They're going through everyone's medical and prescription records, among other things.

I hope you're deidentifying the info so there's no real names in what you put in the system.

Side note: The typical American conservative discourse on disability is to try and carve out who is and isn't "really" disabled, who is and isn't deserving of any particular thing, to create categories of good and bad disabled. We can't let them do that, or at least, we can't help them do it.

The autism stuff is important and more than just a distraction (though yeah, they keep throwing so much garbage it's hard to respond to each piece well), but both the autism and measles stuff come straight from a eugenics mindset, let only the strong/productive survive and who cares about the rest.

Best guess is a threat to send him there, but really not clear

I think it mattered to him and to his family, plus more attention to what's happening matters. Clearly more still needs to be done, for him and for the rest of them, but that doesn't make the trip meaningless.