this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
48 points (85.3% liked)
Autism
6933 readers
345 users here now
A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.
We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.
Community:
Values
- Acceptance
- Openness
- Understanding
- Equality
- Reciprocity
- Mutuality
- Love
Rules
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
- Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
- Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
- Do not request donations.
- Be respectful in discussions.
- Do not post misinformation.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- Do not promote Autism Speaks.
- General Lemmy World rules.
Encouraged
- Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
- Funny memes.
- Respectful venting.
- Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions regarding autism.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our community's values.
- Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
- Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room
- We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.
.
Helpful Resources
- Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I’ve softened my stance a little bit on chiropracting insomuch as I can see it being ok if a) it’s used as an additional therapy along the lines of massage and b) it doesn’t involve “adjustment” of the spine. (But then why not just go to a LMT or seek physical therapy…)
I know what you’re saying, though- there are those who eschew real medical treatment in favor of going all in on chiropractors and I agree that is so dangerous, especially for kids, especially kids dealing with intricate diagnoses like autism
IMO psuedoscience needs to be shut down HARD. If there's legitimate use of something and the pseudoscience mythologizes it to do more than that even more so as people who get it for one of the things it's legit for could more easily be duped into believing the bullsh*t and expose themselves to potential harm or just degrade the common understanding of reality.
If alternative non science based therapy- for example acupuncture or cupping makes you feel good, why not? As long as you’re not spending your last dollar on it, or treating it like primary healthcare, I don’t think alternative stuff needs to get shut down.
In the US at least, I think it’s a symptom of the state of healthcare. Among other things, insurance is an expensive bureaucracy, medication is over prescribed, scientific literacy is low… it’s not shocking that people see this pseudoscience as a viable alternative
I suffer under the American dystopia. I'm familiar with how bad it is here. I like to burn incense on occasion for no other reason than enjoyment of the scent created. I'm fine with doing things for the sake of 'feels good'. What I'm opposed to is the prevalence of falsehoods or indeterminable notions held to be true and from them actively harmful decisions being made. I don't see a mechanism to effectively prevent that category of poor decisions from being made without addressing the root cause.
Edit for Clarity: Was just thinking about my comment and felt I should add to clarify that I in no way mean to say taking the nonscientific services away from anyone. I mean to say shut down the advocacy for unsupported, and occasionally quite dangerous, assertions that these can do anything more than what they demonstrably do. My ire is directed entirely at advocates and practitioners who act on or spread misinformation.
Yes there are good purposes for chiropracty, but it's been so polluted by chiropractors who claim to solve any ailment and end up causing more harm that it's fair to have a knee jerk reaction at the practice as a whole.