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I have applied on beaspermdonor.com to the Fairfax, VA Cryobank, and in their reply in the images below, I was rejected. Autism WAS asked about in the online donor application.
The simple fact that the sperm bank rejected my application makes it very clear that they are discriminatory against autistic people. They are insinuating that autism is some sort of dreaded disease that needs to be disclosed despite the fact that it is not an illness. The sperm bank is embracing the ideals of the eugenics movement in their attempt too "protect the world" from the big, bad, scary autistic people. The sperm bank is also insinuating that autism is genetic or hereditary when in fact there is no consistent scientific proof to back this up. By denying my application, the sperm bank is thus perpetuating the same old tired assumptions but without providing actual evidence to support their outlandish claims.
There is no such thing as a 100% healthy individual with 100% healthy DNA, so the sperm bank is lying to its recipients when they "guarantee" their sperm. There is no way to reliably figure out which combinations of DNA from sperm and egg will likely give which results. Everybody is carrying something; so why discriminate against me, and by extension, other autistic people?
Their whole "your DNA is no good- begone!" explanation is utter bullshit.
We really need to draw attention to this. The sperm bank shouldn't be allowed to get away with this outrage
#VIA
#Autism
#HRC
I have applied on beaspermdonor.com to the Fairfax, VA Cryobank, and in their reply in the images below, I was rejected. Autism WAS asked about in the online donor application.
The simple fact that the sperm bank rejected my application makes it very clear that they are discriminatory against autistic people. They are insinuating that autism is some sort of dreaded disease that needs to be disclosed despite the fact that it is not an illness. The sperm bank is embracing the ideals of the eugenics movement in their attempt too "protect the world" from the big, bad, scary autistic people. The sperm bank is also insinuating that autism is genetic or hereditary when in fact there is no consistent scientific proof to back this up. By denying my application, the sperm bank is thus perpetuating the same old tired assumptions but without providing actual evidence to support their outlandish claims.
There is no such thing as a 100% healthy individual with 100% healthy DNA, so the sperm bank is lying to its recipients when they "guarantee" their sperm. There is no way to reliably figure out which combinations of DNA from sperm and egg will likely give which results. Everybody is carrying something; so why discriminate against me, and by extension, other autistic people?
Their whole "your DNA is no good- begone!" explanation is utter bullshit.
We really need to draw attention to this. The sperm bank shouldn't be allowed to get away with this outrage
#VIA
#Autism
#HRC