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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what are ur thoughts on people who use Autism as a insult? |
| johnnyh |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 10:30 am
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| Odd, autism is from autismus, coined by Blueler. It's odd a word meaning "auto-ism" is an insult. It's so technical and medical, the only reason anyone can use it, is that they have never bother to look closer at what the word means. In Asia, Autism is not an insult word, their word jiheis... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Abandoned severe autistic stuck at hospital 5 months |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 10:10 am
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| I am not defending the cruel practices of many hospitals, but most of the people stuck in one are not autistic, at least 80% of them have something else. You go to a hospital if you are a threat to yourself or others. If this individual posed no threat to his own health or others, then he should not... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert |
| johnnyh |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2017, 5:19 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,320
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| This website is primarily here for neurodiverse people, that's the population it was mainly created to serve. It might not be a good fit for you, as your purpose seems to be in direct opposition to the underlying principle of Wrong Planet. Also, please read the rules about posting offensive materia... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Slowly starting to realize we don't feel empathy |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2017, 5:06 am
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Replies: 82
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| Sociopathy is a character defect. Autism is not. Autism is not the only condition where empathy is impaired, it is in brain damage, schizophrenic spectrum disorders, a few subtypes of bipolar, some forms of dementia like Pick's disease especially. If it makes you feel better, yes we do lack empathy,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2017, 5:00 am
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Replies: 16
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| She does not believe if you are autistic you were born that way but you are the way you are because of a "cascade of events". Autism to people like that is something to be gotten rid of instead of working with its strengths and coping with its impairments. Born that way? Does regressive a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 1:02 am
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Replies: 16
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| She does not believe if you are autistic you were born that way but you are the way you are because of a "cascade of events". Autism to people like that is something to be gotten rid of instead of working with its strengths and coping with its impairments. Born that way? Does regressive a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: That's not how empathy works? |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2017, 12:58 am
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Replies: 24
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| Guys! Personal distress is not empathy, it is an egocentric reaction. The weird painful feeling or cringy feeling is not empathy. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "The Good Doctor" Series Premiere, Sept. 25 |
| johnnyh |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 7:11 am
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Replies: 78
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| THE KOREAN VERSION IS BETTER! Except for the fact it is a k-drama and sorta too much like a soap, I like it more. Any autistic characters in it? Yes, the main character is, and he is a quiet introvert who has much more depth than the smiling little twit of the US version. There is the air he knows ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: That's not how empathy works? |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 4:25 am
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Replies: 24
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What you felt may have just been personal distress which is an egocentric reaction (not egotistical of course)...
Plus if that other person was not autistic, they would have the say from experience of what empathy is from the point of view of the majority of people. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "The Good Doctor" Series Premiere, Sept. 25 |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 4:23 am
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Replies: 78
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| THE KOREAN VERSION IS BETTER! Except for the fact it is a k-drama and sorta too much like a soap, I like it more. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "The Good Doctor" Series Premiere, Sept. 25 |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2017, 8:00 am
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| I watched an episode of the Korean version and compared it to the American. Much much better, the main character is not a quirky positive walking stereotype, he is much more serious, introverted, has internal struggles, and doesn't act like such an ass. There isn't "autismphobia" because i... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Fever eases behavioral problems in some Autistic children |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Autism has neuropathologies. A person can occupy different levels of severity in different symtpoms throughout their life. It isn't static. There is even regressive autism. And not all differences in the autistic brain are explained by just being born that way or the brain developing in that directi... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Gary Numan credits Asperger's Syndrome to success |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 9:53 pm
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| A shame he doesn't credit himself. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: More masculine faces in Autistic children? |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Interesting, the opposite of smaller teeth, more neonatal features, smaller faces is found in schizophrenia. Similar differences are found in bipolar closer to schizophrenia too. We also dont know if living autistic shapes the face. Old couples grow to look similar, how you live is part of tge equat... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ITV spotlights young female Neurodiversity bloggers |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2017, 7:52 am
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Replies: 27
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| Dont forget Adam Lanza was also autistic, so was Rodger. Yes, and what they did also has nothing to do with their autism, even if they did have it. Care to provide statistics that somehow prove that people with ASD's are somehow more prone to commit violent crimes than the general population? The a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ITV spotlights young female Neurodiversity bloggers |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 7:51 am
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Replies: 27
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| Dont forget Adam Lanza was also autistic, so was Rodger. Yes, and what they did also has nothing to do with their autism, even if they did have it. Care to provide statistics that somehow prove that people with ASD's are somehow more prone to commit violent crimes than the general population? The a... |
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