Jennifer Horgan: JK Rowling won the bathroom war. Now what happens to the autistic kid in the classroom?
After Britain’s trans rights ruling, concerns grow that autistic people may be next in line for political targeting
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr does not recognise that autistic people are hugely diverse but sums them all up in a digestible soundbite. Picture: Andrew Harnik/Getty
Jennifer Horgan is a teacher, poet and columnist living in Cork City. Her areas of interest include justice, arts and culture, gender equality and care.
Battle lines are often drawn around "normality". Activists in Britain have been fighting to protect it for some time. And now they have it — a Supreme Court ruling that only individuals born biologically female can enter female-only spaces.
The straightforwardness of the verdict is appealing.
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