Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.
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YouTuber Jesse Ridgway’s post about his family’s decision to terminate a pregnancy due to a Down syndrome diagnosis has sparked debate about the persistence of eugenics narratives.
In 2027, Canadians 18 years and older with mental illness who are deemed to meet age and other eligibility criteria could potentially access doctor-assisted death in Canada.
When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.
Once revered as a great humanitarian, Truby King has recently been characterised as a eugenicist. Seeing him in the context of his times might restore some balance.
With its celebration of Sydney Sweeney’s conventionally attractive appearance, American Eagle has reintroduced the ‘traditional’ feminine figure loudly and proudly.
Part of a eugenic logic is the ongoing belief that erasing disability and people with disabilities is a desirable and commonsense objective.
The early 1920s in the US offers historical lessons on how current pessimism about the state of the country can manifest in dangerous, discriminatory ways.
For one thing, the presence of employees with disabilities improves the culture of the entire organization, making it more collaborative and responsive.
The US has a long history of misusing genetics and biology in immigration policy, the effects of which are still keenly felt today.
Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.
Trump’s comments against immigrants of color have prompted comparisons to the Nazis. But American and British theorists coined the theory of eugenics long before the Nazis rose to power.
The second world war forced eugenicists to retreat to the fringes of science - but still found ways to publish in journals.
About 65,000 years ago, people started making art in the country we now call Australia. This is their story.
Donald Trump’s words about Kamala Harris – she’s a ‘mentally disabled person’ – were widely criticized as coarse and ugly. They are also often found among disparaging descriptions used by others.
Eugen Sandow’s visit to South Africa in 1904 was a triumph of colonial display and racism. Despite its prejudices it influenced the development of bodybuilding in South Africa.
May 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924, which sharply cut the number of people allowed into the US.
Victorian eugenicists perpetuated the idea that only white men went bald because of their intelligence.
The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Lecturer in Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, History, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield
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Professor & Co-Director, Swinburne Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in History of Medicine/Life Science, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Genetics, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Assistant Professor of Bioethics, National University of Singapore
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia