TRUTHFULLY: Are we the autistic doomed?

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03 Jun 2011, 8:04 am

they havent come up with any cure, scientists barely understand what autism is, most people refer to autism as "ret*d"

Are we truthfully doomed?

Dont give me the rundown that no we are just different, because different means extinction in this day and age in society,

and no im not talking about lady gaga different im talking about neurologically different.

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03 Jun 2011, 8:16 am

Doomed is such a terrible word.

Doomed do what? Eternal damnation?

I can't indulge in such a negative self perception. I know I've got issues that many people don't have. Oh well. Sometimes I just have to get on with it and not feel too sorry for myself. It's not like there is some deep existential consequences, some overarching unfulfilled destiny, or the world is waiting on me to save it.

I'm just a dude with autism.

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03 Jun 2011, 8:33 am

No.

There's been some pretty s**t points in my life, there have been some damn awesome ones. Some have been related to Autism, some haven't. I think there are so many other factors (your attitude, natural skillset etc) that matter /so much/ more than whether you're Autistic and NT. I think the real shame is just giving up. (Of course, this isn't undermining the difficulties of Autism - it's incredibly difficult to live with at times, but you gotta try!)

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03 Jun 2011, 8:40 am

kittie wrote:

No.

There's been some pretty sh** points in my life, there have been some damn awesome ones. Some have been related to Autism, some haven't. I think there are so many other factors (your attitude, natural skillset etc) that matter /so much/ more than whether you're Autistic and NT. I think the real shame is just giving up. (Of course, this isn't undermining the difficulties of Autism - it's incredibly difficult to live with at times, but you gotta try!)

Having learned I am never going to "win" within any dog-eat-dog, rat-race kind of life, I would say about the same. Some of my lowest moments or points in life have even been tragic all around, and yet some of my best have been irreplaceable. Overall, however, my AS/HFA has played a part in both, and it has even helped me ignore the rest of the world at times and make good use of even my worst moments.

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03 Jun 2011, 8:49 am

Well, I'll give you the answer you want to hear: YES! We are all going to die! That's what December 21st, 2012 is. In case you didn't know, the Mayan calendar ends on that date because people with autism are all going to hell on that day, and after that point the world will forever live in peace.

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03 Jun 2011, 8:58 am

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Dont give me the rundown that no we are just different, because different means extinction in this day and age in society,

You seem like you've already made up your mind that we're "doomed" so what does it matter what we think.

What does doomed mean? doomed to extinction? doomed to an unhappy life? All that seems to be improving, today we actually have supports in place, 20 years ago you were totally f**ked if you had aspergers.

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03 Jun 2011, 9:53 am

Panic wrote:

Actually most people refer to ret*d as ret*d only ignorant people would confuse autism and mental retardation, because they know absolutely nothing. I mean come on I am sure some people have autism and mental retardation that does not mean they are the same thing.

And I don't know that we are doomed....maybe but, Im not going to concern myself with that.

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03 Jun 2011, 12:06 pm

Doomed how?

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03 Jun 2011, 12:19 pm

I don't think we are doomed. There might not ever be a cure for autism, but we should attempt to make the lives of those living with autism a little easier. Let's make the condition more aware of, etc. That's my take.

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03 Jun 2011, 12:28 pm

With the increasing uselessness of social security, it seems pretty fair to say autistics are doomed.

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03 Jun 2011, 12:51 pm

No. I like being an aspie. If there were a cure I wouldn't take it. I don't see anything really bad about it.

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03 Jun 2011, 2:22 pm

WE'RE DOOOOOOOOOOMED!

I think I'll go with being doomed because 'doom' is such an awesome word. It was also a good computer game at the time it came out.

Other than those factors, nah I don't think we're doomed.

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03 Jun 2011, 3:44 pm

Autistic or not, we are all doomed.

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05 Jun 2011, 9:04 am

I'm not doomed!

All you do is adapt your Aspergers means you adapt your tactics and starategies to exploit your strengths and minimise your weakness!

Christ, cheer up and fight back!

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05 Jun 2011, 9:26 am

ProudAspie wrote:

I'm not doomed!

All you do is adapt your Aspergers means you adapt your tactics and starategies to exploit your strengths and minimise your weakness!

Christ, cheer up and fight back!

are you a troll, your username is condesending

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05 Jun 2011, 9:57 am

No, it isn't. Autism has only recently come to the public's attention, so there's plenty of time for scientists to find out about it.

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