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14 Jun 2010, 11:27 am

Of course I'll be isolated of you don't consider me a human being.
Maybe you would like to raise me as a pet?



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14 Jun 2010, 2:50 pm

DemonAbyss10 wrote:
I am about to propose that all of us that are on the spectrum should just gather together and make our own colony or something, an enclave of sorts... just to prove a point to the damn world.

I already said we should.

the core of what it is to be human? I thought the core of being human was to be evil and attack what is different?


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14 Jun 2010, 10:23 pm

More and more, it seems like people are forgetting what makes humans human. It seems like we must all walk, talk, and act the same. We with autism are puzzles, or cats, and I hate it. I think what makes us human is that we are capable of the most horrible cruelty and the most sincere kindness, and that we are all able to choose between the two. Autism does not make us disturbed cat puzzles, or anything similar.

Sorry, that was a bit of a rant XD.


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02 Jul 2010, 10:00 pm

I don't mind being a cat. I like cats. Nya~!


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03 Jul 2010, 2:03 pm

"Mind Blindness" is the term that disturbs me. People with ASDs aren't mind-blinded at all. If anything, NTs are blind to those with ASDs. I dislike that term because it suggests something akin to stupidity or ignorance. Just because some of us aren't able to read the complicated NT dance of facial expressions, tone of voice and body language doesn't mean we're mentally deficient. "Social invisibility" might be a better term. As far as most NTs I know are concerned, I might as well be invisible.


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08 Jul 2010, 8:56 pm

leejosepho wrote:
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Opening paragraph.
... In the social world in which we live, the capacity to read situations and respond appropriately is crucial to successful human interaction ...


So true, and my life might not be quite so difficult if far more so-called NTs could learn to do that!


Damn right! Damn right! 8)



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08 Jul 2010, 9:01 pm

EarlPurple wrote:
The only thing that makes me lonely and isolated is the attitude of others who isolate and exclude me because I don't use their body language.

I am looking for tolerance and a feeling of inclusion. It would be nice if they actually consulted me a bit more about what I want and what would work well for me.


I've been saying that ever since I was diagnosed with AS!



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09 Jul 2010, 10:03 am

Element333 wrote:
"Mind Blindness" is the term that disturbs me. People with ASDs aren't mind-blinded at all. If anything, NTs are blind to those with ASDs ...
As far as most NTs I know are concerned, I might as well be invisible.


I used to work for a man who is an exception, but yes, many "NTs" seem quite unable to even begin to comprehend or understand certain others of us even when they (the so-called "NTs") nevertheless actually do seem at least a bit curious and maybe even somewhat willing to actually consider even the mere possibility of someone thinking "outside [their] box" as quite normal among wide-eyed people like us.


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11 Sep 2010, 4:20 pm

well that's neurotypicals for ya, mocking what the know is superior to them