31 Jan 2019, 8:32 pm
Zinnia86 wrote:
Knofskia wrote:
Zinnia86, you are lucky if the only "discrimination" that you see and experience is more grace, forgiveness, compassion, etc. for the ways that people with autism and other disabilities are not able to be "normal". Many people experience the opposite: being told that they are less than other people, a burden or danger to others, should not be allowed in public or allowed to procreate...
Oh, that wasn't what I meant. Sorry if my post wasn't very clear. I am fully aware that serious discrimination against people with disabilities occurs all the time and I agree with the original poster that it sucks and is frustrating. I only meant that in my opinion, people who have more grace for people with disabilities are helping to create a world where they themselves will be able to experience grace some day when they need it. That's why we should all be compassionate and forgiving toward each other. It's idealistic, I know, but that's me
I should have reworded my reply as well; I meant to agree, and emphasize more, that a person is lucky to experience that. But that it is unfortunate that it is not the only thing many Autistics experience.
And I agree, we should all be compassionate and forgiving toward each other. While I know some Autistics are offended if they are not held to the same standard as non autistic people but, even if I make a mistake solely due to my sinful nature instead of my autism, I would always be glad for grace and a compassionate response.
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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.
Weak Emerging Social Communicator (The Social Thinking-Social Communication Profile by Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal)
"I am silently correcting your grammar."
31 Jan 2019, 8:35 pm
BeaArthur wrote:
Knofskia wrote:
BeaArthur, the original poster only said that they hate the act of discrimination, not the perpetrator. There is nothing wrong with that. You can hate the act and still feel compassion for and try to educate the person. Or, like shortfatbalduglyman said, you can realize that some are a lost cause or too toxic to try and deal with.
I don't understand your point. I never accused OP of hating people vs hating an act or a fact. I only meant that the energy that goes, futilely, into frustration and hate could be better spent changing the world in a better direction.
Evidently my pithy aphorism ("Don't hate. Educate.") was too pithy for some of the literal-minded people in WP. If my pithy aphorism offend thee, then pass it right over. It don't make no never-mind to me.
I am sorry; I did not mean to sound argumentative. I am told that text does not convey tone well. Though my monotone speech does not convey tone well either.
And while I am literal-minded I was merely trying to add to the conversation.My point was that hating the action and educating the person are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I tend to find that until you get people angry enough about something, they are not motivated to change it for the better.
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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.
Weak Emerging Social Communicator (The Social Thinking-Social Communication Profile by Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal)
"I am silently correcting your grammar."
31 Jan 2019, 9:21 pm
Knofskia wrote:
Zinnia86 wrote:
Knofskia wrote:
Zinnia86, you are lucky if the only "discrimination" that you see and experience is more grace, forgiveness, compassion, etc. for the ways that people with autism and other disabilities are not able to be "normal". Many people experience the opposite: being told that they are less than other people, a burden or danger to others, should not be allowed in public or allowed to procreate...
Oh, that wasn't what I meant. Sorry if my post wasn't very clear. I am fully aware that serious discrimination against people with disabilities occurs all the time and I agree with the original poster that it sucks and is frustrating. I only meant that in my opinion, people who have more grace for people with disabilities are helping to create a world where they themselves will be able to experience grace some day when they need it. That's why we should all be compassionate and forgiving toward each other. It's idealistic, I know, but that's me
I should have reworded my reply as well; I meant to agree, and emphasize more, that a person is lucky to experience that. But that it is unfortunate that it is not the only thing many Autistics experience.
And I agree, we should all be compassionate and forgiving toward each other. While I know some Autistics are offended if they are not held to the same standard as non autistic people but, even if I make a mistake solely due to my sinful nature instead of my autism, I would always be glad for grace and a compassionate response.
Yes definitely
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