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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Significant rise in autism diagnoses in Somali Children |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2024, 6:47 pm
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| Interesting video I did read once a theory of different gut biome causing autism in children of immigrants. The theory being different gut bacteria exists in different parts of the world and pregnant mothers being exposed to new gut bacteria causes some type of inflammation causing the autism. They ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Conflating the LBGQT rights movement, ND movement mistake? |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2024, 3:49 am
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| LGBT movement had rather simple aims - to normalise same sex relationships as heterosexual ones legally and remove stigma associated with them. Lets leave aside the trans movement for a minute. All LGBT people wanted the same thing, i cant imagine some gay people saying "i want more discriminat... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 3:42 pm
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| I reject the concept of Autism as a disorder, dysfunction or something that is undesirable. I embrace and celebrate Autism as an identity and naturally occurring neurotype. Its a sad fact that the stress and pressure of living in a world that is not geared to Autistic identity or needs causes such ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Conflating the LBGQT rights movement, ND movement mistake? |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:51 am
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That was quick 
I do sometimes edit posts after because of my dyslexia so i want to make clear in advance:--
Thankfully no one in authority in the west including myself views gender in that way or imposes such ideas on the medical sector. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:30 am
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| I considered those and other points in great depth over decades working as a qualified clinician. This included leading Autism assessment processed and providing DSM/ICD diagnosis. Every facet of the human condition is genetic. Autism is present due to generic/generalised and not specific genetic d... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Israel and Iran ‘A fork in the road’ |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 3:15 am
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| Maybe an ideal solution is all Israelis should move to the 2nd Israel in Siberia and declare independence. Maybe Putin would give it? Although i understand Jews religious attachment to that part of the world in the middle east https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast https://www.youtub... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2024, 11:30 am
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| I reject the concept of Autism as a disorder, dysfunction or something that is undesirable. I embrace and celebrate Autism as an identity and naturally occurring neurotype. Its a sad fact that the stress and pressure of living in a world that is not geared to Autistic identity or needs causes such ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2024, 9:31 am
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| Dr Beardon was my personal tutor when I completed my Masters degree programme in Autism. I think that we will have to agree to disagree on his level of academic standing. As regards the medical / clinical research that you are referring to then again we will need to agree to disagree. My opinion: M... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2024, 6:53 am
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| Functional labels and the ongoing conflation between Autistic identity, intellectual disability and various mental health issues are toxic and ultimately dont help anyone. The problem with many of these programmes is that they seem to cater to an unpleasant appetite for 'disability porn' among the ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2024, 2:18 am
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| This is the 2nd severe autism article by the national broadcaster recently so maybe its a trend building? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023db6 The associated article:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k749pzdgo 'My wife and daughter cannot be alone with our complex needs son' “I’m suppose... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teaching Toddlers to Share is Overrated... |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2024, 2:59 am
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| Reading the question i believe this is a way to teach children empathy. Empathy means to be aware of others, their thoughts, body language, needs & motivations & how that ties in to yourself or may effect you. Adults that show empathy tend to perform better in the workplace, society & re... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Interesting video discussing ASD in social media |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2024, 9:00 am
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| A dumb article that highlights the problems we face with so called online experts and misinformation. Before anyone says but I don’t see myself as disabled…. Referring to himself or others like him is ok, but making such sweeping general claims about everyone with autism is just wilful ignorance. It... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism as Transgenerational Trauma - a hypothesis |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2024, 1:33 pm
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| If you want to feel really old right now, just remember you started life in your maternal grandmothers womb. Baby girls are born with all the eggs they will ever have and that includes what made you. It does scramble the mind, I'm still trying to figure out if that makes me as old as my grandmother ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Interesting video discussing ASD in social media |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2024, 6:52 am
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| Autistic people are one community. I will also call out each and every attempt to divide our community, whether by quack medics, fad scientists, cultists, grifters, grievance-based parenting organisations like the one that made this video, or anyone else - and by those who advocate for them, whethe... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Interesting video discussing ASD in social media |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2024, 3:03 pm
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| It is not my business to spergsplain to those with ASD level >1 how they can speak for themselves. But it is my responsibility to call out ableism wherever I see it. https://thinkingautismguide.com/tag/national-council-on-severe-autism The link is just another dull article politicising something th... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Parent forced to put son in care as no gov support |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2024, 7:56 am
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| This parent did not put her child into care. She abandoned her child so that it would be taken into care. She had no other way of getting the authorities to provide the help her child needed. What the article is really about is that the UK NHS has been systematically run into the ground by successi... |
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