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12 Feb 2008, 3:34 pm

Why is it when a person with Autism or any disability is good at something it's called their "Thing?"

You never hear of this same idea applied to someone who DOESN'T have a disability.

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12 Feb 2008, 3:38 pm

quite the opposite, I hear that term used a lot for anyone who is particularly good at something.

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12 Feb 2008, 5:05 pm

Dantac wrote:

quite the opposite, I hear that term used a lot for anyone who is particularly good at something.

Yep! I hear it for just about every type of person.

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12 Feb 2008, 10:33 pm

Sorry, Shadowcat, like the above posters I hear it all the time about everybody. ie. It's a guy thing.

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12 Feb 2008, 10:40 pm

Dantac wrote:

quite the opposite, I hear that term used a lot for anyone who is particularly good at something.

Agreed!

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12 Feb 2008, 10:42 pm

Shadowcat wrote:

Why is it when a person with Autism or any disability is good at something it's called their "Thing?"

You never hear of this same idea applied to someone who DOESN'T have a disability.

Uh, I've heard that a lot about people with no disability at all.

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13 Feb 2008, 1:10 am

I never heard of it but yeah I have heard "It's a guy thing."

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13 Feb 2008, 1:56 am

Dantac wrote:

quite the opposite, I hear that term used a lot for anyone who is particularly good at something.

I have to partially disagree here.

Sure, that phrase is used for people both with disabilities and without...but I have heard it used in different ways amoung the two.

For example, my cousin who is NT is great with numbers...a bit of a math genius to say. People say it's his "thing" and just leave it at that.
With me, I have AS and I am particularly good at photography. My mother calls it my "special gift". She means my "thing" but since I have the "label" of AS now, the things that I am quite good at, it's always my "special gift" and not just a "thing" or "talent".

It's indeed annoying that some people assume that people with disabilities can't just have a "thing"...but it has to be "special".

Well, thats what has come from my experiences anyway.

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13 Feb 2008, 6:36 am

My NT friend has a "thing" for lord of the rings... Don't we all have our "things"?

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