‘Love on the Spectrum’ Stars Slam RFK Jr.’s Autism Comments as ‘Extremely Ignorant’ and ‘Downright Offensive’: ‘We Don’t Need to Be Fixed’

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1. >In a sit down with NewsNation “Love on the Spectrum” star Dani Bowman said Kennedy is “completely false” by saying that autistic people “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go on a date.”

   >“Autistic people have the same hopes, dreams and yes, the same awkward dating moments as anyone else,” Bowman said. “To generalize and say none of us can work, date or contribute to society, is completely false. I have a job. I do pay taxes. I’ve dated. I have a master’s degree.”

   >She continued, “Wanting to cure autism implies that our way of being is wrong and it isn’t. We don’t need to be fixed. We need to be supported. But the answer isn’t erasing autism, it’s building a more inclusive world for all of us.”

   >James B. Jones shared his thoughts on Kennedy over TikTok. The Netflix reality star said that he found the statements were “extremely ignorant, and to be perfectly frank, downright offensive.”

   >“I am old enough, I am of sufficient age that I can remember a time when society did not have a very thorough understanding of autism or similar forms of neurodiversity,” Jones said. “So, I am very displeased, very disheartened to hear someone make comments of that nature.”

   >Jones added that attending special education programs was “immensely helpful” when he was young, and that they “helped me to grow and develop into the person I am today.”

2. I understand they have autism as a big part of their identity, but there are alote of non verbal autistic that suffer heavily. A cure or way to prevent non functioning autism would be a great amount of help to alote of people and should absolutely be pursued.

3. Maybe someone wants to see what he said in full context – I know, a new concept but give it a try. He was taking about severe cases of autism – non-verbal with head banging. He was certain not denigrating these people. He’s been fighting for years to help them.

   Trying to spin him as offensive is pure politics. Powerful forces don’t want him to discover a cause to this. A lot of $$$ at stake.

4. Would any prospective parent, given the choice between autism or not, for their unborn child, choose autism? The answer is 100% would choose not. The higher functioning percentage of the autistic community completely fuck over and forget about the ones that have it worse and do need a lot of help. They make it harder to get them the help they need by trying to force the belief that they are just fine and need nothing. The truth is, that even they are lucky they arent worse off, and have the audacity to claim that autism is great and doesnt need a cure, despite families struggling to cope with their children that dont have it as mild as they do.

5. They don’t need to be fixed? No offense, but I’ve known autistic people who DO need to be fixed. I don’t mean that as a way to be derogatory, but some people are broken, either because of their upbringing or what have you, but absolutely.

   If something is broken, you fix it, as we should all be fixed.

6. This is the wrong angle. RFK Jr doesn’t want to cure autism, he never said he wanted a cure. He wants to track and label autistic people. He wants their employers to know. With Trump saying there’s no protections for disabled workers he wants them to be jobless, homeless, to be miserable. RFK Jr wants to blame the parents, he said “we did this to our kids”. He wants to grind these families into a bottom caste citizenry. With no chance for a life, no chance for a family, no chance to survive. Ostracized. This is eugenics.

7. Based on The Telepathy Tapes, people with severe autism seem to have spiritual superpowers. Maybe they serve an extremely important purpose. Maybe they represent a paradigm shift in our understanding of consciousness. We’re not here to fix them, they’re here to fix us.

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