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10 Dec 2018, 1:20 pm

Kind of a do-over from this thread (as it didn’t seem clear): viewtopic.php?t=371281

Anyway, have any of you heard of the campfire chant/song “Going On a Bear Hunt”? If not, then it’s about a group of people “we” who try to find a bear and on the way to its cave, they come across numerous natural obstacles including grass, mud, and a river. Most of the time, they have to go “through” it. Would any Aspies say that this is an accurate metaphor for Autism?



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10 Dec 2018, 1:23 pm

It could be accurate for people with many disorders. Or with no disorder at all.



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10 Dec 2018, 1:26 pm

It's a metaphor for life.


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10 Dec 2018, 1:29 pm

If the song were for Aspies it would involve them engineering a bridge, tunnel or bypass.


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10 Dec 2018, 6:19 pm

Asking autistic people for metaphors :D

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10 Dec 2018, 6:36 pm

Raleigh wrote:
It's a metaphor for life.


That would be my take.



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11 Dec 2018, 8:22 pm

Being handed a menu, but you're not able to eat.



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11 Dec 2018, 9:37 pm

Raleigh wrote:
It's a metaphor for life.

I won’t debate that, but people on the autistic spectrum seem to have more “obstacles” to go through in life than the average person.



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23 Dec 2018, 2:09 am

Raleigh wrote:
If the song were for Aspies it would involve them engineering a bridge, tunnel or bypass.

This Aspie hates engineering. And it wouldn’t be realistic in this context anyway.



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23 Dec 2018, 3:08 am

ABG2019 wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
If the song were for Aspies it would involve them engineering a bridge, tunnel or bypass.

This Aspie hates engineering. And it wouldn’t be realistic in this context anyway.

I was joking.


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23 Dec 2018, 3:09 am

my metaphor would be akin to a stranger in a strange land, stumbling from one situation to another, barely getting used to one scene before the next would intrude, finally obtaining a measure of peace late in life. gads I hope it lasts.



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23 Dec 2018, 3:19 am

My metaphor is my signature - it's like I'm sleepwalking through life and falling in lots of holes along the way.


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23 Dec 2018, 6:30 am

I recently compared going through life for me to pinball. I have a minimal amount of control (the flippers) but mostly I'm just being bounced from one flashing, noisy thing to another.


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23 Dec 2018, 6:47 am

In order for something to be "a metaphor for autism" it cannot be just about "obstacles". It needs the added ingredient of having obstacles that others around you don't have.



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23 Dec 2018, 11:08 am

Raleigh wrote:
ABG2019 wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
If the song were for Aspies it would involve them engineering a bridge, tunnel or bypass.

This Aspie hates engineering. And it wouldn’t be realistic in this context anyway.

I was joking.

Sorry. Some of the nuances are lost online.