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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aotearoa: towards a ban of all forms of conversion therapies |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2021, 12:32 pm
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| We are counting the days until all forms of conversion therapies are banned in Aotearoa New Zealand: https://autcollab.org/2021/09/14/countdown-towards-a-ban-of-all-forms-of-conversion-therapy/. Although the government’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill is welcome progress, it shoul... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A mosaic of autistic lenses, an autcollab.org project |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 5:45 pm
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| Sunyi Dn : Imagine your brain as a big team of sledding dogs, of which you are the driver... https://autcollab.org/projects/a-mosaic-of-autistic-lenses/sunyi-dn/ Sarah Bettin : Ability to focus – If I am interested in learning something, I have unlimited energy and devotion. I am motivated from with... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A mosaic of autistic lenses, an autcollab.org project |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 2:43 am
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| https://autcollab.org/projects/a-mosaic-of-autistic-lenses/ The aim of the project is to collect and publish as many as possible individually unique autistic perspectives on what constitutes the essence of autism, free of any medical jargon or pathologising terminology, in the following format: 1. A... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I’ll just start seeing NTs as disabled |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2018, 9:15 pm
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Replies: 46
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| I think the two way failure of empathy - between NT and AS people is far more important than the binary division of empathy into two separate divisions. Worthwhile noting that as the minority, AS people have much more experience in accommodating NT needs than the other way around, as > 90% of our i... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Column critical of Microsoft’s autistic hiring program |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2018, 5:37 am
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Here is the link to the London Conference in July 2018. I am not well enough to attend, that amount of travel is beyond me at the moment. I hope someone from Wrong Planet will attend. https://participatoryautismresearch.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/parc-critical-autism-studies-conference-call-for-paper... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018, 9:48 pm
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| Autists need to realise the following: A. The hyper-competitive nature of our society is an emergent property of civilisation, it is not typical human nature. Human babies are intrinsically helpful and collaborative (Michael Tomasello, Why we cooperate, 2009), but they soak up cultural norms and bel... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018, 5:27 pm
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| I concur with your assessment. Human politics at scale is not about achieving shared understanding. It has always been about attempts at empire creation/maintenance in the absence of understanding and empathy for groups of “others”. Power relationships are constructed via stories and via technologic... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018, 4:26 pm
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| I speak German and have listened to an interview with Hans Asperger from the 1970s. The detached way he talks about atypical behaviour and atypical people is very similar to what you hear from autism professionals today, not in any way inappropriate by typical cultural norms, yet still sending a cle... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018, 3:18 am
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| Some of these stories are truly beyond belief. It makes you wonder whether it is such a good idea to be recognised as 'human'. The unfolding of the story around Hans Asperger was interesting to observe, with many people from the autism industry jumping in, as if the specific label makes any signific... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2018, 7:24 pm
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| My hope is that modern global peer to peer communication technology allows us to make faster progress than 50 years ago. This excellent by Robert Chapman article https://intersectionalneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/did-gender-norms-cause-the-autism-epidemic/ should also give society somethi... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dispelling the myth that autists are poor at teamwork |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 6:42 am
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| This web site https://autcollab.org/about/ acts as a hub for mutual support, and encourages neurodivergent individuals and ventures to connect and establish long-term collaborations. You are welcome to join us. Related webinar "From the busyness of innovation to the creation of lasting value&qu... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Any studies on aspies with strong social skills? |
| jbw |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2018, 3:34 am
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Replies: 34
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| Sorry I don't follow? Very strong social skills: become a CEO or at least a mid-level manager in a company, a politician, a celebrity, a known journalist, etc. Assimilate in a crowd seamlessly: slightly below average level of social skills. There is more and more evidence that what you refer to (at... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Any studies on aspies with strong social skills? |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2018, 6:58 am
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| The stereotype that autists have difficulty with collaboration is the result of a fundamentally different perspective on the purpose of social interaction. Good "aspie social skills" are quite different from good "neurotypical social skills". In particular I believe that aspies c... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aut Collab - collaborative autists, aspies, and ND ventures |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 10:53 pm
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| Delighted to see you back jbw Thanks, and good to see you are still active! There is a lot of work still to be done. Some of the big companies such as SAP are starting to pay lip service to neurodiversity. ... The program has been such a success, SAP is currently working to expand it, with the goal... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aut Collab - collaborative autists, aspies, and ND ventures |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 9:41 pm
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| The stereotype that autists have difficulty with collaboration is the result of a fundamentally different perspective on the purpose of social interaction. The autistic understanding of “social” - Naive assumption: “social” refers to
interaction to learn from each other - Naive assumption: “social”... |
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