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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Dyspraxia on the Autism Spectrum? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020, 4:04 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,516
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| Autism is just a list of symptoms caused by the brain not developing normally, so practically any neurological condition can run alongside autistic symptoms, all caused by the original brain malformation. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Autism Speaks Still Bad? |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2020, 4:40 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,641
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| Autism Speaks trys / has to be all things to all people because historically its the "official charity" and end up being hated by all. It angers those who hate their autism or care for those with severe symptoms by embracing Neurodiversity who are anti cure. These people are better represe... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Simon Baron-Cohen's new book 'The Pattern Seekers' |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2020, 8:00 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,163
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| Sadly the same old stuff being peddled out about systemising and autistic traits in STEM people. Identity politics too nothing that really helps anyone not in the top % of functioning. The same old tired comparison has been made before with reduced empathy and decisive leadership in politics, milita... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2020, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| To put it in simple language Blindness means there is something wrong with the eyes Paralysis means there is something wrong with the legs Autism as a disability would mean there was something wrong with the self It would require being far more broken than the first two. It would require being a fu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2020, 8:01 am
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| So... Why or which? HIDE SPOILER Why or which actually has the 'autism' with super left brain that can appear NVLD? Why or which ones has the super right brain who doesn't think linearly? Why or which autism gives high IQ, low IQ, spiky profiles or balanced ones? Why or which autism is actually sta... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| If you've met one autistic you've met one autistic. I have been formally diagnosed as meeting the criteria for ASD-1 and the evaluation report notes I would've met the older criteria for Asperger's Syndrome. This diagnosis is consistent with my reality; if you got to know me I think you'd see my AS... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020, 8:45 am
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Replies: 93
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| I think people in the past before HFA was considered a disability were more accommodating of middle class guys who in this day and age would be considered HFA/disabled. I think society has gone downhill in terms of its lack of structure. I wish we could live in a world as distant and formal as the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2020, 1:37 pm
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| The topic is about AS, a diagnosis that excludes "serious intellectual disability". The same rules apply just remove ID, the world is built on capitalism which is Darwinian in nature. Those who are most able will get the best jobs form the most relationships and earn the most money. Those... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2020, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 93
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| I say the 99% is unlikely to change dramatically to suit us 1% that’s just the way it is. I don't know how it looks where you live, but here we're building ramps, lifts, installing Braille captions, sound signals at traffic lights for pedestrians, etc. Apparently, my city council didn't read your p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2020, 11:17 am
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| Yes but it needs the social model to fix it rather than the medical model. Well that’s a personal thing some people may desire future biological treatments that make their disability go away as some have worse symptoms. Someone on here once used the word Auti verse to describe those on the spectrum... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is asperger necessarily a disability? |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 93
Views: 10,207
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| Its a spectrum so some are disabled some are not. Just because your doing fine doesnt mean others are too and vice versa I prefer the old fashioned un PC word of handicap. A handicap means a disadvantage in something, which is best used to describe someone on the milder end of aspergers who may have... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A mother & her severely autistic daughter |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 11:53 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,417
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| It is a very sad situation. I wonder how old the daughter is? It doesn’t say but I suspect she’s old and grown up enough to be uncontrollable. It seems to be a sad common occurrence with severe autism. The suffer reaches an age where their parent/ parents just cannot look after them anymore because... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A mother & her severely autistic daughter |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 7:33 am
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Replies: 13
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| It is a very sad situation. I wonder how old the daughter is? It doesn’t say but I suspect she’s old and grown up enough to be uncontrollable. It seems to be a sad common occurrence with severe autism. The suffer reaches an age where their parent/ parents just cannot look after them anymore because... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A mother & her severely autistic daughter |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2020, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 13
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| A harrowing account of a typical day in the life of a family caring for their severely autistic daughter. I don’t think Neurodiversity has many answers for them & I doubt any of them including the daughter would find an “autistic identity” useful. Life With My Autistic Daughter Has Left Me Bruis... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Identity Politics and Autistic Guilt |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 108
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| The way it is often used is to say you are white, you are privileged, your opinion is worthless. That might not have been the original intent of the concept when it was conceived but that is how it has been effectively used. And yes guilt tripping is a part of the weaponization of the concept. Used... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For the autistic adults that don't have a job, how do you no |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2020, 12:49 pm
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Replies: 21
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Has anyone had experience of finally loosing your main care giver i.e parents to old age.
What happened after how did you manage? |
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