by Chris Black
We’re on the verge of reaching Utopia.
As an autistic advocate I’m appalled that several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives. #autism #autistic #netherlands #advocate pic.twitter.com/J9QV7vLQV3
— Kerry Magro – Public Speaker & Autism Advocate (@Kerrymagro) June 28, 2023
Several Dutch citizens who had autism or other intellectual disabilities have died by physician-assisted suicide in recent years after doctors determined their afflictions were untreatable obstacles to a normal life, researchers found.
Nearly 40 people who identified as autistic or intellectually disabled were legally euthanized in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2021, according to a Kingston University investigation of Dutch euthanasia cases.
Five people younger than 30 who were killed at their own request cited autism as the sole or a major reason for their decision to end their lives, the UK study found.