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18 Aug 2008, 4:02 pm

hey im making a new autism card, i already handed out all of mine, and its that time to make new ones, so im going to use my old design and then put new stuff on the back of it.

I'm going to put all the autism myths on the back and truth underneath so ppl will now know.

A mother off of autismspeaksnetwork gave me the idea, she already stated the low iq, the look of autism, the savant syndrome, the affection part. What other myths of autism are there? if anybody could help, right now my brain isnt the best, too much going on?

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18 Aug 2008, 4:12 pm

I hope this helps. Google is your friend.

http://autism.about.com/od/whatisautism/tp/topmyths.htm

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18 Aug 2008, 4:46 pm

corroonb wrote:

I hope this helps. Google is your friend.

http://autism.about.com/od/whatisautism/tp/topmyths.htm

hehehe thanks.

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18 Aug 2008, 5:13 pm

if anybody has any more myths or anything to add please do so!

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18 Aug 2008, 5:16 pm

Autistic people have no sense of humor.

Autistic people can't do sarcasm

Autistic people can't have jobs or go to college

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18 Aug 2008, 8:41 pm

All autistic people do not like to be touched. I'm glad to know that one. I thought it was just the opposite with me. :-|

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19 Aug 2008, 4:47 pm

Autistic people have no sympathy

Autistic people are all male

Autistic people all like maths/science/sci-fi

Autistic people cannot be creative

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19 Aug 2008, 6:06 pm

You have to be interested in at least one of these subjects to be autistic: Schedules (like train, bus etc), computers or an area of science.

Autistic people are savants

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19 Aug 2008, 6:10 pm

Autistic people are dangerously violent.

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19 Aug 2008, 6:21 pm

I hope she has a very big card. :wink:

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19 Aug 2008, 6:32 pm

corroonb wrote:

I hope she has a very big card. :wink:

am was thinking that.....either need a rucksack to carry it around,or pick the best [or is that worst] ones.

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19 Aug 2008, 6:34 pm

Or, you could always tape a big poster board to your back.

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19 Aug 2008, 8:05 pm

People with autism are mute.
People with autism have low intelligence.
There are not famous people who have or had autism.
Autism can be cured.
Autism is caused by vaccinations.
People with severe autism can't get better.

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19 Aug 2008, 8:10 pm

Autistic people are mentally ill

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19 Aug 2008, 11:20 pm

Autistic people are ugly, or look like the stereotypical nerd.
Autistic people have no "personhood".
Autistic people are autistic because of lack of love as children.
_biro: and on a more specific note, Dinosaurs. You can't be autistic if you weren't at one point interested in dinosaurs (honestly, I learned dinousaur names from Power Ranger, so...)
Autistic people have no feelings.
Autistic (and more specifically, Aspie) people don't read fiction because The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight says so.

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19 Aug 2008, 11:39 pm

Autistic people live in a fantasy world

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