Love on the Spectrum star hits out at RFK Jr's 'downright offensive' autism claims: 'I am a fully functional productive member of society'Source: James B Jones
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00:00Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several remarks about people who have autism or similar neurological conditions that I found to be extremely ignorant and, to be perfectly frank, downright offensive.
00:23I 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.
00:42So, I am very displeased, very disheartened to hear someone make comments of that nature.
00:54Mr. Kennedy went even further to imply that people who are neurodiverse are unable to function properly in society,
01:09that they shall always be dependent upon people who are neurotypical in order to survive or to function as a normal person, a normal human being.
01:23And, thus, they are dragging down society.
01:27So, I do not appreciate comments of that nature at all.
01:31I am a fully functional, productive member of society, and, yes, I have autism, I am neurodiverse,
01:39but I have proven that I absolutely, 100% can function like a normal member of society without any question.