Katie Hasson

You know, we have the Secretary of Health and Human Services saying people with autism destroy families, will never have jobs, will never pay taxes, right?

Yeah. You hear something like that. And that context of ableism makes it very hard to even talk about, you know, how we make choices about who's welcomed into the world.

Yeah. You hear something like that. And that context of ableism makes it very hard to even talk about, you know, how we make choices about who's welcomed into the world.

Yeah. You hear something like that. And that context of ableism makes it very hard to even talk about, you know, how we make choices about who's welcomed into the world.

I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right? I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life.

I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right? I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life.

I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right? I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life.

I would love to build on that. That's such a good point.

I would love to build on that. That's such a good point.

I would love to build on that. That's such a good point.

And I think that, you know, this high achieving perfectionist view is not the only view that you know, children and child rearing and families that's around, but it's definitely the dominant view among people who are paying for these tests for their children, right? This is in some ways a fairly, you know, narrow view of what

And I think that, you know, this high achieving perfectionist view is not the only view that you know, children and child rearing and families that's around, but it's definitely the dominant view among people who are paying for these tests for their children, right? This is in some ways a fairly, you know, narrow view of what

And I think that, you know, this high achieving perfectionist view is not the only view that you know, children and child rearing and families that's around, but it's definitely the dominant view among people who are paying for these tests for their children, right? This is in some ways a fairly, you know, narrow view of what

health and success and thriving and happiness would look like for a child, but it's one that's having a huge influence.

health and success and thriving and happiness would look like for a child, but it's one that's having a huge influence.

health and success and thriving and happiness would look like for a child, but it's one that's having a huge influence.

Two things come to mind. One, you know, continuing this thought from before, the more that, you know, a lack of resources and the influence of ableism lead people to, you know, to screen out or to not have children with disabilities, it creates a feedback loop where then there's even fewer resources for families to to take care of children with disabilities.

Two things come to mind. One, you know, continuing this thought from before, the more that, you know, a lack of resources and the influence of ableism lead people to, you know, to screen out or to not have children with disabilities, it creates a feedback loop where then there's even fewer resources for families to to take care of children with disabilities.

Two things come to mind. One, you know, continuing this thought from before, the more that, you know, a lack of resources and the influence of ableism lead people to, you know, to screen out or to not have children with disabilities, it creates a feedback loop where then there's even fewer resources for families to to take care of children with disabilities.

Parents will feel that it's even more essential to use these tests. They have that responsibility to make sure that their child is born a certain way. I think that's one bit of it. Another implication that we talk about has to do with inequality.