Autistic people report abuse, medical denial, and autonomy violations all framed as love

Evidence

Many, many autistic children grow up in environments rife with physical confrontations like the one that occurred in Ellenby’s article, or in homes that reject basic, peer-reviewed medical science, or with parents who demonstrate a complete and utter disregard for their autistic children’s autonomy—and all of it is framed as love. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 653

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘framed as love’ inversion mirrors Klein’s thesis about wellness culture / the Mirror World using love language for harmful control — resonates with the right’s self-understanding as protective. — connects to: Emotion recognition research originated for autism therapy before commercial appropriation — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 896