Lets clear something up – Race is a construct fostered by history and convienence. There is scientifically speaking nothing to the concept of Race. In fact it was the who that recommended dropping race from its queries. What race is- is a set of inherited genes that may or may not depend on each other. The genes for leukemia present at a high rate in the black population has nothing to with the melanoma. There are people in parts of china who live in areas with high rates with malaria who pass on and have leukemia at higher rates.

So if I call the collection of inherited autism genes a race it is every bit as valid. The only context you could argue is historical. So Even if you eliminate environmental triggers that may or may not exist the child or adult is still autistic.

As you are a proponent of ABA, you well know that there are strategies to teach a child not to engage in the behaviors you describe. I have written regularly about my son’s SIBs and how he has learned to “manage” these. Best wishes.

He never DOES give definitions. Ever.

So where are they. Or is the definition “If you arent like my kid, shut the hell up”?

Diabetes and coronary disease are diseases that should be cured. not alternative and valid wiring of the brain