AgentPalpatine wrote:
I'd rather the line be inclusive, because the issues caused by a missing DX are far more extreme than the issues caused by a false positive.
Me too.
Callista wrote:
I guess what I want mostly is for the reputation of autism as a spectrum--extremely diverse expressions of the same thing, ranging from barely-there cases just a little past the "nerdy" subclinical level, to extreme cases that are obvious to the casual passerby and require intensive support... and everything in between. I want everybody to get what help they need, and have their experiences recognized as valid, and I don't want the increase in autism diagnosis to change that.
I'm not sure that most people really understand the concept of autism being a spectrum as it is...but I understand what you're saying.
boywonder wrote:
NIMBY
NIMBY
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An airport is a typical example of a development that can cause a NIMBY reaction: developers may claim economic benefits for the city, while locals may benefit from improved transport links and new jobs—but they may oppose it with objections to the noise, pollution and traffic it will generate.
Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the local neighborhood
Motorists requesting less car traffic in their street
NIMBY (an acronym for the phrase "Not In My Back Yard"), or Nimby, is a pejorative characterization of opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development because it is close to them, often with the connotation that such residents believe that the developments are needed in society but should be further away. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies.
Projects likely to be opposed include but are not limited to tall buildings, chemical plants, industrial parks, military bases, wind turbines, desalination plants, landfills, incinerators, power plants, prisons,[1] mobile telephone network masts, legal abortion clinics,[2] schools, kindergartens, nuclear waste dumps, youth hostels, wind farms, golf courses, sports stadiums, housing developments, and especially transportation improvement schemes (e.g. new roads, bridges, passenger and freight railways, highways, airports, seaports).
The NIMBY concept may also apply more generally to people who advocate some proposal (for example, austerity measures like budget cuts, tax increases, or layoffs), but oppose implementing it in a way that would require sacrifice on their part
I think you're comparing what happens when people say "Not In My Backyard" to debates about diagnosing autism and where the cut-off lines between "autistic" and "not autistic" should be drawn...sort of like a metaphor where:
Backyard = autism diagnosis
Residents who may or may not say "Not In My Backyard" = autistic people (and/or people with an interest in autism or the diagnostic criteria....like doctors and parents of autistic children)
"Project" or thing being brought into the "backyard" = the new diagnostic criteria, people with milder autism, and/or a different way of conceptualizing autism
Am I sort of understanding what you meant?
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23 Apr 2013, 2:24 pm
