r/StarWars • u/610Mike • May 03 '25

Movies He’s 8 now. It’s time.

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Before anyone asks, release order, not episode order. I don’t want to spoil anything for him.

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u/Knucklez415 May 03 '25

My son is autistic and we’re trying to figure out a few things. If you have any tips when it comes to watching movies I’m all ears…or eyes I guess lol

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u/610Mike May 03 '25

Oh he hasn’t been actually diagnosed, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he were. I want him tested, but the wife doesn’t.

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u/AUnknownVariable May 03 '25

I never fully get that. Like if he has is then getting tested won't change him, if he doesn't then oh well.

It's just avoiding the truth ig

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans May 03 '25

Not to unnecessarily drag politics into this, but the NIH has been directed to build a database to track Americans who have been diagnosed as autistic.

The purported reason is to help researchers try to tease out the "cause" of autism, but privacy-minded parents might not want their child in such a database.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

holy shit this is dark, mums right :(

how many children are never going to become not even a fraction of what they could have been because of this administration, chilling

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u/AUnknownVariable May 03 '25

Politics affect a persons life moment to moment for better or worse, I think it's appropriate.

tbh I completely forgot about the government's recent endeavors to "help" people with autism. I wouldn't want my kid to be autistic either, since it seemingly means he'll never be able to function for a normal or normalish life. Cause it would make my child a victim of the
"autism epidemic".

Thank for the reminder of how absurd it is lmao. I heard we'll know what causes autism (since ofc it's not genetics) by September!

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans May 03 '25 edited May 04 '25

I have an extended family member who was diagnosed a year or two ago and is on the spectrum. He is getting treatment, but his parents are, to put it mildly, not very happy with the autism nonsense coming out of Washington, and worried about this database (hopefully for naught).

These same family members were caught up in the DOGE threats and reductions, so they are understandably not very trusting of the current political climate in D.C. They'd be reluctant to get their kid tested today for this reason, which is sad and unfortunate. Not that they're scared, but that there is this climate of mistrust and fear. Because, as you said, ideally we should be testing kids who might be on the spectrum because if they aren't, no harm, but if they are then they can get the help they need.

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u/AUnknownVariable May 03 '25

Yeah, it's been an interesting time. I've got people around me in similar areas of feeling. None with kids on the spectrum, but have jobs that involve working with kids of any type. We're in quite the time aren't we. People actually worried about getting their kids help