Glorifying Autism is Disgusting

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I'm not sure what you're referring to there. That seems kind of out of the blue.

Such bitterness!

Pally, before you condemn the rest of the spectrum, maybe you ought try walking in someone else's shoes. I've been on this f!cking rock for 58 years, and no one, and I mean NO ONE owes me a living. As my brothers so derisively like to remind me, I made my own bed and mess,now you can lie in it! Could I use help now, as well in the past? Hell,yes. Will I get any help now, as well as in the future, on anything? Hell, NO! Every time I have asked for help, I've been told to go f!ck yourself.

Just get over yourself.

Talk about first impressions!


It's kinda hard not to disregard you as a troll at this point. Don't ya think? Just a little advice, try not starting off with the premise of hatred.


So what's the problem? Would you rather us be unhappy and dead? Should society not tolerate people with autism when they can?

Isn't the alternative having a good majority of autistic people being rejected due to their inability of social adeptness? Perhaps you have been able to overcome your personal obstacles caused by autistic traits, and that's great. But have you considered that others might have even worse problems than yourself? What works for one may not work for another.

Not nearly as much as you would think. As a matter of fact, there is still much gross misrepresentation, ignorance, parents in denial, people fighting for eugenics as a solution to autism. But also, there are people who say that we CAN learn to work and function within society, just that it would not be so easy.

Just look at what one "poster child" of autism, Temple Grandin, is famous for quoting:

"You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out."

She is an autistic person that many on this website look up to as a role model of sorts. She has not been teaching as you claim. She never let her diagnosis hold her back from reaching her full potential in life and overcoming the negative symptoms of autism. And Temple Grandin certainly has a better attitude than what you have shown us so far.


Autism, by definition is a mental disorder, not an illness. It inherently causes a different way of thinking by virtue of being a mental disorder. Even so, what's your point? Neuro typicals also depend on Neuro typicals. Society is built on the premise of co-depedency. What, you want us all to live in caves and farm and hunt on our own? Come on, we'll go down to the South American jungles right now.

The truth is that, YOU, me, everyone depends on neurotypicals, however direct or indirectly. In some way or another. You're not really telling us anything new, or shocking. This is a straw man argument here.



This is not even scientific. We have no practical way to verify the truth of what you are saying here. This is entirely coming from your own hatred and bitterness. Very presumptuous and judgmental are your statements. Again, a straw-man argument. Best to move on, buddy.

What are you accomplishing with this blame game?


This here might be one of the few things I agree on in part.


Congratulations! Welcome to club. Many other autistics and neuro typicals on this website have as well.


I agree with this statement. Suffering can be a great teacher in life, and can help push us to achieve our full potential in life. It is good to strive to meet society halfway as best as we can, and not expect them to coddle us. But I don't believe we should be ostracized or ridiculed if we fail occasionally. Should there not be a little mercy?


Well, nice to meet you too. Your attitude certainly does not seem like a positive thing, though. I believe in hard work, suffering against ourselves to reach our full potential, and not using autism as an excuse or attention seeking method. Yet I do not hold a stinky, poopy attitude, nor do I blame others for how difficult the challenges are that I face in life.

Are you just wanting to vent? Or do you have another purpose in mind for your rant?

Welcome aboard, by the way! I love you, I do not hate.

In other words, 'Neurotypical' is a bit of a misnomer - neural structures can only arise through differentiation. Nobody has just one nervous system hence it would be impossible to sustain human capacity for just about anything without malleability in any & all neurotypes.

I have tried to conform to society's standard, but the truth is people don't like me. When I talk about what I want to talk about, people move away from me.

I know now that that is a neurological, and knowing that helps guide me through a lonely confusing world past and present.

But it seems defining oneself, explaining oneself is something you have an objection to.

Makes sense, and it's the reason I intensely dislike the term "neurotypical" and the entire concept of neurotypes.

Agreed.

Members send each other virtual affection and whatnot, but this sort of communication feels empty.

In fact, I've recently noticed that I get more lonely when I'm here. This is because interacting with strangers on the web is not real social contact, just insipid exchange of information. Which makes me desire genuine interaction.

Sea water just makes you thirstier, you need to drink fresh water.

Whenever I go to swim in the ocean, I make sure to have access to fresh drinking water as well.

This site is not meant as a replacement for real social contact. But some people try to use it as such. That's their problem. If this site weren't around, they'd just find some other place to do the same thing.

The same can be said for any social media website, though. Especially Facebook, and things like that.

Also, I've made some of the deepest connections to people through online chat and personal messaging, who I've never met in real life. So I guess my experience has been different than yours. I don't feel so lonely when I talk to people online, and it's been a couple of years.

One of my best online friends lives in Estonia by the way! ^,^

On Facebook I chat with people whom I know IRL. This doesn't aggravate my loneliness.

But when I try to chat with total strangers on the net, the thirst for real contact kicks in.

I guess the phrase, "different strokes for different folks" comes to mind.

I don't really use Wrong Planet as a means for replacing real life social contact, but rather for the purpose of gathering information or encouraging others. I also like finding out what other people think on issues, even if I don't necessarily agree.

I normally chat using the text feature on Skype, myself. I do plan on actually visiting my online friends one day, through multiple world tours!

It seems that the original poster is not the only one who dislikes defining himself.

Other people here don't like that too, but you know what even if you don't want to put yourself into a box you'll fall into one any way.

People whether they be neurotypical or autistic want to be accepted by others even if they don't consiously want to admit to it. Being accepted by others means taking on characteristics of a certain group.

By refusing to be labelled you are simply refusing knowledge of yourself.

But social anxiety, depression and PTSD can all go away. Autism is incurable. Trying your entire life to cure something that is not curable seems like a pointless exercise.

What's delusional about meeting people all over the world? I think socializing only within one's own city/state seems like an awful delusion. That would be unbearably claustrophobic IMO. The internet may be majority comprised of machines but it's a material construct no different from us users. I can't imagine living with so little context.

I'm not even sure why I'm here. I think to see if I can find people who relate to me on certain specific issues. So far, I've had mixed success. A lot of my attitudes on autism and being autistic are like heresy to some folks here.

Bear in mind some of us take pride in our heretical public image, sometimes that's the best thing to do. Be as heretical as you want whilst keeping the negativity to a minimum and that's one good way to come up with lots of completely unprecedented ideas.

Same reason OP didn't post anything we haven't both seen before.

Totally unrelated - can one of the mods change 'Disgusting' in the thread title to... anything else?