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12 Jan 2015, 10:03 pm

Hansgrohe wrote:
I'm tired of these half-assed media representations and pity stories.


Me, TOO!!



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13 Jan 2015, 1:12 am

idlewild wrote:
<rant> It seems like all you hear about, either in mainstream or social media, is parents talking about autism or how it affects them or how it affects their children. You could very well get the impression that autism isn't something that affects autistic people, just their families.

Sometimes it feels like WP is the only place I actually hear autistic voices talking about their experience.

The cynic in me sometimes thinks this emphasis in the media, aside from awkward kids being cuter than awkward adults, is because you can build an industry around frightened parents far easier than you can around autistic adults. <end rant>
The bolded is pretty much the reason. It's why you also see tons of articles on Google and whatnot talking about autism as it relates to kids, not the adult that they inevitably become. This latest batch of intensely absorbed parents seem to look almost surprised that autism exists, so you see all of these alarmist articles and stuff focused intensely on them, their feelings, and their kiddies.

I get mad whenever I try to Google stuff on autism and it's nothing but kid-focused crap, but hopefully that changes once the 'kiddies' have to be on their own.


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13 Jan 2015, 11:10 am

I pretty much see this with every disability and illness. I have seen stories in parenting magazines and other articles and shows about raising a special needs child or a child who is sick and the struggles they go through, how they had to fight with the system, get doctors to listen, etc. It's not just with autism.


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