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In reply to the discussion: Do you approve of MAGA's plan to start a registry of neurodivergent minors? [View all]ecstatic
(34,898 posts)39. You have to understand that "they" have changed
There's a new group of people in charge. And their motivations will not necessarily be the same as their predecessors. Think about what a group who denies science and suppresses inconvenient information will do.
ETA: Also, my work is adjacent to a lot of intellectual disabilities programs which cost billions upon billions of dollars every year. It's likely the most expensive part of the healthcare and education budget in each state. I think part of why they're rounding up names is so they can identify whose services they want to cut.
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Do you approve of MAGA's plan to start a registry of neurodivergent minors? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2025
OP
No, be real. They want to "identify" cheats who don't deserve govt money (i.e. most of them) so they can prosecute
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#36
I'm not even sure these guys have been to the United States, much less understand what we stand for
Walleye
Apr 2025
#4
Maybe they are doing this so they can feed them to Elon's Neurolink Implant farms.
chowder66
Apr 2025
#5
Seems like a good way to have your neurodivergent child disappeared.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2025
#14
I would urge your neighbor not to put her daughter on a MAGA list of the neurodivergent.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2025
#12
It seems he is unaware Jr. gutted it and is trying to fill it with lackeys
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2025
#20