The adverse impact of the “support threads”

[Scautish]

I drop into these threads from time to time, despite their ableist nature

The latest posts are particularly troubling. Someone has “read the threads and now suspects her husband has Asperger’s”

So despite warning MNHQ of the danger of these threads being seen as factual (when the vast majority have armchair diagnosed their partners) they are allowed to stand and here they are being used as a reference and a tool to support more armchair diagnoses.

I find this MNHQ-facilitated ableism so deflating. Im facing real life ableism daily at the moment and such threads only highlight how some non-autistic people view us. the existence of such threads is only going to extend this stigma. Im very down.

I can understand MNHQ not allowing personal attacks but the hypocrisy of then allowing entire threads which denigrate a specific category of often vulnerable people (and who are the law says should be treated equally) is quite incredible.

It's neuro supremacy.