There seems to be a constant stream of threads in AIBU that push the narrative of SEN kids in mainstream schools as violent and disruptive and their parents as useless. A common theme is blaming screens and stating there are no brain differences in autism. This is clearly disinformation as ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder and research points to brain differences. It takes two minutes on google to find this out.
There are also many posters insisting people buy a dubious diagnosis to get benefits.
For many years benefit claimants have been blamed for the countries financial problems and have been targeted for cuts. SEN provision and social care are often not meeting people’s needs. I am suspicious these posts are political trolls at work and autistic/ neurodiverse people who need any provision from the state are the targets. They are been portrayed as scroungers.
This is such a dehumanising narrative. It is also deeply disturbing. Dehumanising groups in this way leads to the kind of behaviour seen in Nazi Germany. Disabled people were gassed as they were seen as a burden on society. If someone is whipping up a false perception of SEN and neurodiversity, this is dangerous. Disabled people have already reported more hate crime since benefits have become such a hot political topic.
If some kind of troll farm is at work, individual posters don’t stand much of a chance working against people who do this as a full time job. I feel it would be better if these discussions were shut down. I honestly do.