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05 Nov 2018, 4:39 am

Fnord wrote:

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vickygleitz wrote:

Autistics supporting Autistics, throughout their lifetimes, in community. it is pretty new but it is a thing.

I like this idea. Do you know of anyone trying to bring it about in any kind of organized fashion?

I like it, too. So far, however, the only solution being offered is “Aspergia” -- an exclusive community built especially for people on the autistic spectrum. If you are curious as to how this would work out, google the Warsaw Ghetto and the uprising of 1943.

It was a real gas...

A stronger, better organized subculture need not be the same thing as an an exclusive community. There are important positive lessons we can learn from the LGBT community.

IMO we need to build autistic-friendly subcultures, but not autistics-ONLY subcultures.

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05 Nov 2018, 9:38 am

Mona Pereth wrote:

... we need to build autistic-friendly subcultures...

Great idea!

Now, how do we accomplish this in a world that considers us somewhere between amusing (at best) and useless (at worst)?

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15 Nov 2018, 1:29 pm

puzzledoll wrote:

Mona Pereth wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Autism demands answers ... and fast

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I get concerned when pregnant women are getting ultrasound X-rays month after month while they are pregnant

What on Earth are "ultrasound X-rays"?

ultrasound = mechanical vibration with frequency higher than human-audible sound.
X-ray = electromagnetic radiation with frequency higher than ultra-violet.

Thank you! I was completely baffled by that as well. They are completely different medical tests.

The confusion seems consistent with the understanding displayed in the rest of the column.

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22 Nov 2018, 2:10 am

Fnord wrote:

Mona Pereth wrote:

... we need to build autistic-friendly subcultures...

Great idea!

Now, how do we accomplish this in a world that considers us somewhere between amusing (at best) and useless (at worst)?

See my reply here, in the new thread How to build an autistic-friendly subculture?.

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