16 Sep 2010, 11:25 pm
19 Sep 2010, 4:28 pm
26 Sep 2010, 3:16 pm
Stuff the media and academics - I recently heard someone describing Bi Polar and the presenter of the TV show says " ah yes that used to be called schizophrenia" 
I just can`t be arsed to get angry with the general lack of knowlege shown in the media - I have too many other things that make me angry on a minute by minute basis 
Think I`m joking 
. Just to be pedantic the Nazis used to refer to their victims as " sub- human "
26 Sep 2010, 5:12 pm
MrXxx wrote:
You know something? I see this discussion quite a lot among high functioning Autistics, and the reactions are understandable and predictable.
About a year ago though, I had a series of email exchanges with a friend whose daughter has classic Autism.
Take a guess at what his position on matters like this are. He is actually frequently frustrated and angered at HF's who complain about Autism being portrayed this way. See, for him, and his daughter, it IS a plague.
Maybe we ought to think about that now and then before getting all "high and mighty" over the connotations of a single word. Let's not forget too, that it was because of the discovery and defining of classic Autism that eventually led to understanding we who are high functioning. Not all who have Autism are quite as lucky as we.
It's easy for those of us who feel we don't need a cure to stomp all over those seeking one, but when we do, we are forgetting about the thousands who suffer far more than we do, and would most definitely benefit from a cure. Autism may be acceptable to US, but would we feel the same if we were so disabled we couldn't even form a sentence? Tie our shoes? Tell anyone how we feel? Answer simple questions?
Let's not forget about those less fortunate than ourselves! We don't like it when the NT world does it to us, do we?
About a year ago though, I had a series of email exchanges with a friend whose daughter has classic Autism.
Take a guess at what his position on matters like this are. He is actually frequently frustrated and angered at HF's who complain about Autism being portrayed this way. See, for him, and his daughter, it IS a plague.
Maybe we ought to think about that now and then before getting all "high and mighty" over the connotations of a single word. Let's not forget too, that it was because of the discovery and defining of classic Autism that eventually led to understanding we who are high functioning. Not all who have Autism are quite as lucky as we.
It's easy for those of us who feel we don't need a cure to stomp all over those seeking one, but when we do, we are forgetting about the thousands who suffer far more than we do, and would most definitely benefit from a cure. Autism may be acceptable to US, but would we feel the same if we were so disabled we couldn't even form a sentence? Tie our shoes? Tell anyone how we feel? Answer simple questions?
Let's not forget about those less fortunate than ourselves! We don't like it when the NT world does it to us, do we?
While I still agree with my own comments above, now that this topic has popped up again, it did make me think about the unfortunate and rather STUPID use of the term "plague."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plague
I take that back. The terminology isn't just stupid. It's ignorant and irresponsible.
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