Structural discrimination is discrimination that results from the policies, rules, institutional practices, funding priorities, decision-making systems, and built-in assumptions of organizations or systems. It does not require any person to intend harm. It occurs when those structures consistently disadvantage a protected or marginalized group. That is the definition at the center of Chapter Four ofContinue reading “The Question is: Why has the NIH refused to fund research on autistic adults’ physical health?”
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The reason to risk it all by whistleblowing? Autistic Adults are suffering and dying from chronic physical health conditions and face structural discrimination from NIH funding.
The third chapter of When Autistic Kids Grow Up, the new 5-part podcast series from Brady Huggett at The Transmitter, is out now. Chapter 3, “Would there be data?,” gets to the heart of why I began this work—and why I refused to look away. Autistic adults are suffering—and dying—from chronic physical health conditions atContinue reading “The reason to risk it all by whistleblowing? Autistic Adults are suffering and dying from chronic physical health conditions and face structural discrimination from NIH funding.”
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