#Autism Is #Not #Genetic

“Where are all the adults with classic autism? Where are the hand flapping, head banging, self-abusive, spinning, screaming, rocking, stimming, non-verbal and violent 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 year olds wearing autism helmets and diapers? Where are the grown-ups at the mall experiencing violent tantrums, seizures and Gastrointestinal tract problems?”
Robert F Kennedy

My thoughts:

The problem with religious people is their inability to evolve. Autism is not genetic but behavioral—I myself once mistakenly believed it was genetic. If I took social autistic screening tests, you might classify me as an Aspie.

But the psyche is not static; through personal growth and understanding your own behaviors, you can evolve, and certain autistic traits may fade.

Unfortunately, Robert F. Kennedy is a Christian and a Abrahamic Monotheist—two factors that make him see history as linear and unchanging. Luckily for me, I was born pagan, and I know we have the capacity to evolve.

I might say Christianity’s problem is Jewish in origin, but that would also be a mistake—the original Jewish people no longer exist, and early Judaism was likely a patriarchal pagan tradition that, over time, morphed into a matriarchal society.

No, autism is not genetic—it’s a behavioral trait, a set of tendencies that can be corrected.

Where it is claimed to be genetic, it exposes the falsehood of universalist modern scientific dogma. What is genetic are races, the character of a people, the character of an individual.

A person is born with a certain innate strength—a character that may or may not allow them to overcome challenges, depending on their character (which is yes genetic).

Some people have the genetic capacity to evolve. Monotheists of the Abrahamic religions do not. That’s why they are asocial and have been the bolsheviks of every era.