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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Building the autistic community? |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2021, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 97
Views: 24,119
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| nts naturally align themselves in social hierarchies through body language. It's the process of creating spontaneous alignments that is the issue. Since we are oblivious to body language it'd have to be done in a more literal way. Which would require some sort of task/goal that would give people pl... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dr Phil's bizarre and disturbing Autism Treatment. |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2021, 9:42 am
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Replies: 69
Views: 3,793
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| Using vague language like “back of the brain” is a red flag for a scam of some sort. The US is very different from the UK on medical things. The UK NHS is like a benevolent dictatorship. Policy on everything is decided at the top and all doctors and staff get to be ordered on what to do with each co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Didn't see a finance category but cryptocurrency? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2021, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 301
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| Be carefull of scams. Some people make money on cryptocurrency but they trade themselves with their own wallet. They stare at info screens all day long & when the time is right click on buy /sell. When they do they make or loose money in the process depending on how right they were, its basicall... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Problems with "cure" idea from the scientists' POV |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2021, 10:42 am
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Replies: 35
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| Sadly particularly in the US big Pharma has its element of corruption and is not completely trustworthy. So maybe the next big thing will come elsewhere China perhaps? Now this I like to see. :twisted: Because China's research is not as regulated as in it in the west -- where it's very strict if no... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Problems with "cure" idea from the scientists' POV |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2021, 6:22 am
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Replies: 35
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| I never implied that you did... :| But as much as the ND movement wanted equal rights and as much as those who want cure demands it -- it lies on the back of a very long queue. There are more demands to vaccinate COVID, cure and prevent cancer, and amongst many things in the medical field. So scien... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Problems with "cure" idea from the scientists' POV |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2021, 4:48 am
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Replies: 35
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| Nobody in science is giving up nor unlikely to give up for as long as the demand is there. There is and will always be strong demand:- 1. Humans are sexual animals that seek relationships, the young man who sees his peers dating, sees a girl he likes who rejects him as she’s put off by his autism- ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Problems with "cure" idea from the scientists' POV |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2021, 9:05 am
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Replies: 35
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| They tried hard to find a cure, and they are now coming to terms with their failure. That's the main point here. Your simply making assumptions by claiming something is incurable in the future, one could say the same for just about any brain medical disorder like Parkinson’s, ALS, etc. Or disorders... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Problems with "cure" idea from the scientists' POV |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2021, 4:01 pm
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Replies: 35
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| I wouldn’t pay too much attention to ND political correctness; the target is still prevention & cures from the multiple types of autism out there. The point of the article is that there are reasons, other than "ND political correctness," why seeking a "cure" for most kinds o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do I have a learning disability? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2021, 5:05 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 854
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| Nearly everyone with autism has some sort of official “learning disorder” of some sort, not to be confused with “intellectual disorder” which effects only some. This is because of the ways our minds work and the system of learning is nearly always tailored to NTs. The good news is unlike when I grew... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Former MMA fighter/Celebrity Big Brother winner comes out |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2021, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 411
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| I believe he got famous from his relationship with ex glamour model and celeb Katie Price a decade or so ago, who coincidentally is the mother of a severely autistic adult called Harvey. I saw him on tv giving interviews a few times, he never appeared to have any visible communication issues that p... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Former MMA fighter/Celebrity Big Brother winner comes out |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2021, 6:37 am
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Replies: 3
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| I believe he got famous from his relationship with ex glamour model and celeb Katie Price a decade or so ago, who coincidentally is the mother of a severely autistic adult called Harvey. I saw him on tv giving interviews a few times, he never appeared to have any visible communication issues that pl... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Identity Politics and Autistic Guilt |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2021, 4:20 pm
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Replies: 108
Views: 16,765
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| I feel like for “autistic guilt” to really be a thing, we would’ve had to have historically had advantages in society on account of our neurological condition. Which is most decidedly not the case. ) Yes. Its a dumb phrase. But you cant expect members of an internet forum to all be slick magazine g... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aspies in Armed Force especially naval(navy) force? :-) |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2021, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Although ive never served i should imagine it may be the worst job imaginable to an aspie or anyone on the spectrum. Lack of privacy, emphasis on team work, bullying both by officers & fellow recruits for being different and not fitting in. Finally huge amounts of time just sitting around forced... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Identity Politics and Autistic Guilt |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2021, 12:58 pm
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Replies: 108
Views: 16,765
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| Being black has been known about forever because it is usually obvious a person is black. Knowledge about autism is very recent. That has led to different disadvantages. I would say not knowing I was autistic until age 55 was a significant disadvantage. People usually do not deny your blackness or ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self Hatred |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2021, 9:55 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 354
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| I experience a lot of pressure from people and any support workers around me (including NHS staff) in the sense that they seem to expect me to hate myself because I am autistic. They constantly try to give me emotional support for my 'self-hatred' and can't undestand why I become upset because of t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who hijacked the neurodiversity definition and why? |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2021, 7:51 am
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,864
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| I'm getting increasingly irritated by people that misunderstand what neurodiversity was originally meant to be, and that have hijacked the terms so that neurodiversity today seems to be anything that differs from the NT norm, rather than the traits related to the broader autistic phenotype and rela... |
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