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Why was the Asperger thread on SN Chat deleted?

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HardAsSnails · 20/04/2018 10:15

Spotted the thread last night and went to read it this morning, as it's really quite significant for the autistic community, and it's gone.

I realise some might consider it challenging, distasteful and upsetting to read and discuss, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss it.

We should be discussing it more.

Autistic, intellectually disabled and other disabled people are still treated appallingly and die in state-funded institutions. We need to be able to recognise the historical context of attitudes that lead to such horrors. It is a topic that will engender emotive and emotional viewpoints, and may be traumatic for some, but that does not mean we shouldn't talk about it anyway. People should be upset by this, people should be upset by the dreadful ways disabled people are treated in so-called 'care' homes.

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CaptainKirkssparetupee · 20/04/2018 10:42

How about "Hans Asperger's association with the Spiegelgrund clinic"

Or something?

HardAsSnails · 20/04/2018 10:34

MNHQ have edited titles before though, if that's all it was.

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CaptainKirkssparetupee · 20/04/2018 10:29

Maybe it would be better to start a new thread, maybe without an attention grabbing title claiming he -was- a Nazi, so it can be discussed?
I think that's maybe what has caused the problem for HQ, he was never a member of the Nazi party claiming so is probably not a good idea.

I do think the discussion within the thread was quite interesting even if the title was misleading, Hans Asperger's association with the Nazi's during the war is nothing new, I see no harm in discussing this, it isn't black and white and is fascinating.

zzzzz · 20/04/2018 10:26

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