Autism researchers and advocates in the United States are pushing back against the creation of an autism database that is meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study.

https://archive.ph/R4kmB

  • Hegar@fedia.io
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    22 hours ago

    A purpose-built expressway is not the same thing as a slippery slope.

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      21 hours ago

      ➕ 💯

      Came to say the same.

      An existing actuality is not a ‘slippery slope’…

      🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️

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        19 hours ago

        But if we point out that it’s happening, we’ll be called alarmists! No, it’s better to just keep saying things are going to happen, so people feel like they still have time to do nothing about it.