Reposted by smytherines
the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless
![Ryan Marino, an emergency doctor at Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, said: "I do not think a serious person would talk in such a way [about scromiting].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cuowqu3bimpxo4plxd4pg3eh/bafkreiewpqji7vc6m3qlghc6qme2brpqrl3colki3rz3uwt6a4own65jye)
