Joe90 wrote:
And the way people on these forums keep associating everything with Autism. Travel sickness, sunburn, headaches, watery eyes, sweat, and even burping has suddenly got a lot to do with Autism - when I see NTs burping all the time (more so than me). NT or Aspie - we are humans, and whatever the neurology, we all feel sick, get sunburnt, get headaches, have watery eyes, sweat, and burp. It's natural bodily function and is completely normal. OK, maybe you can sweat, et cetera, a bit more when you're feeling nervous or anxious, but everybody does. It's still got nothing to do with whether you're Autistic or not. OK, Autism may cause more anxiety over mundane things in some of us, but it's still not the actual disability what causes all these bodily functions.
A lot of the time you're right, but you sometimes jump into discussions that are either legitimately about something that is more typical among autistic people than the general population (heat sensitivity) or something that may not even be directly related to autism at all (a gender thread in the LGBT forum). And I understand your frustration - I have my own particular things that make me feel pedantic and annoyed - but it helps sometimes to make sure that what you're trying to refute is what is really being said, as well as insure that you're adding something to the discussion and not just attacking people because you find what they said disagreeable.
29 Jun 2011, 9:19 pm
