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ASD jab: Chinese scientists reach milestone in revolutionary gene therapy for autism (www.scmp.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ASD jab: Chinese scientists reach milestone in revolutionary gene therapy for autism::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like your ideas since it's the type I need for my writing of fantasy stories. I have quite many wild ideas myself and try to push them to the limit. But, in this area, it's hard to fend off the disbelief of the reader.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or fend off the ablism of trying to eradicate autism, instead of just forming a more inclusive world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ableism : Discrimination against persons with disabilities or in favour of those without.

Hum, right, I get what you are saying here.
I believe it's a gray area. And it is hard to draw the line of what's a disease and what's diversity.
For instance, we heard the same speech from deaf people not wanting their deaf kids to wear cochlear thingnies. I say it's for the kids to make the choice.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If a deaf person decides to get an implant, or their (hearing?) parents decide for them, and later decides they no longer want it then it's pretty much reversible, right? They can just not turn it on, or perhaps even have it removed again?

This article is talking about gene therapy, not an assistive device. It's probably a much more permanent decision.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I want to believe !
This new thing "gene therapy" has nice potential ...of course there will be (also) extremely bad cases, but overall I decide stubbornly to believe that the positive will outweigh the negative.

Please down-vote my comment here since I am not trying to see your point (which is a fair point by the way 👍).