curebie

English

cure +‎ -bie

curebie (plural curebies)

(derogatory) One who wishes to cure a condition (such as autism) that may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.
- 2008, James C. Wilson, Weather Reports from the Autism Front, McFarland & Co., →ISBN, page 198:
  She begins by explaining why the event is called Autism Pride Day, so that the curebies and other nay-sayers who don't feel autism is something to celebrate might achieve a glimmer of understanding.
- 2016, Liane Kupferberg Carter, Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 152:
  Of course I wish we could "cure" him of those debilitating problems. I want better drugs and therapies to ease Mickey's core challenges. But I'm no longer a "curebie." I don't want to change his very way of being. I love who he is.

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