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Jan. 5th, 2009 01:01 pmSo, in general I'm very much in favor of every person believing (or not believing) what seems right to them, and I try not to get judgemental about ANY religious beliefs. However.
If what I'm reading today about Scientology's position on autism is true, they can officially kiss my judgemental ass.
Apparently, Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston who recently passed away, had autism, but his parents, who are Scientologists, refused to acknowledge it. (John's own brother, an autism activist, believes Jett had autism.) Scientology is pretty well known as eschewing psychology (think Tom Cruise here.)
According to the Church of Scientology, people with mental illnesses are "degraded" and capable of curing themselves by working harder on the church's teachings.
Source.
Degraded.
If what I'm reading today about Scientology's position on autism is true, they can officially kiss my judgemental ass.
Apparently, Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston who recently passed away, had autism, but his parents, who are Scientologists, refused to acknowledge it. (John's own brother, an autism activist, believes Jett had autism.) Scientology is pretty well known as eschewing psychology (think Tom Cruise here.)
According to the Church of Scientology, people with mental illnesses are "degraded" and capable of curing themselves by working harder on the church's teachings.
Source.
Degraded.
