Commitment to Care: Why Fear-Mongering Won’t Change Our Standards

The recent wave of fear-mongering in the news about autism is not just frustrating—it’s deeply harmful. It sows distrust, spreads misinformation, and threatens to undermine the safe, supportive environments our children need to thrive. It’s time for our community to lead with facts, compassion, and a commitment to neurodiversity and privacy. Autism is not a disease to be feared or “fixed”—it is a neurotype, a natural and valuable variation in human brain wiring.