Dear White Folks - great piece in Ebony

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178. as atrocious as that horror is, as indecent as those facts are, things are even more

stacked against autistic blacks. that is the essence of white privilege in this case.

there are worse things than being killed. things to fear more. for instance, being used as a human guinea pig in drug and brain mutilation/mind control experiments, which has been done to black boys diagnosed as hyperactive and/or other of the autism spectrum disorders. - among too many other atrocities.

not even going into length on the history of medical atrocities against black people, absolutely unspeakable horrors, consider even just the fact that "Although early intervention is key, African American children with autism are one to two years older than white children before they're even diagnosed." "White kids were diagnosed at 6.3 years old, compared with 7.9 years for African American kids."

important site:

http://www.autisminblack.com/medical.html

the whole point in this discussion is that the trials, challenges, horrors one faces in life are increased by racial prejudice and discrimination against them.

please be certain i recognize the atrocity you speak of living under. we are fortunate you are here to inform us on autism as one who is living it.

thank you for discussing, and for your tone discussing, aspieextrodinare!