Nuerotypicalism Speaks

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This is high Satire.

That's a great piece.

Oh ok, now i get.

That's my best friend's son. He's the greatest thing going. If it weren't for him, I'd have no idea that I am an Aspie.

I'm having trouble reading your comment. Could you refraise it?

That kid's smart

Yep he is. And he's artistic and funny and he's got a great mom who knows and understands what it is to be an Aspie and rather than fight him to change him into being an NT, she is constantly embattled with administrators and teachers and others trying to get them to accept the way he is and the way he thinks.

Imagine how he reacted to being told to "pretend" something (grade 2, I think) after having been taught to never lie. I think it took his mom weeks to get him to understand that "acting" was entertaining, not lying. lol

He's one of my heros.

When he was two, he'd accidentally reformatted his Mom's hard drive. When he was four and I wanted to reformat mine, I couldn't remember the key strokes so I asked him. His response? Oh, no, I can't tell you that, it will erase your entire computer and that would be very bad. It took me about 20 minutes to convince him that it was really what I wanted to do and he gave me the keystrokes.

Compared to him... I'm superhighfunctioning!

Thanks for tuning in tonight to our telethon.
I'm looking at the phone bank, and I can see that some of those phones aren't ringing...
Please, please, please dig deep into your bank account, and send some of your hard earned money to us, so that we can prevent any more children from becoming normal???

Ok, I'm a little emotional right now, but here's my friend Timmy who was diagnosed as normal just last year ...

Oh, poor Timothy. If only there was a cure so that his family won't have to deal with his being normal.

That's funny. I used to pass just like that until I realized that passing really ate me up.

Nowadays, I just tell people what's up. I don't care.

That just recently got one of my coworkers mad at me, who thinks that I like to listen in on her (ironically, when she wants to have a private conversation, she's been told I cannot block out background noise and hasn't been shutting the door and does it when I'm in earshot). Sometimes the things she says, or the way she says them, bother me.

Thank you for joining our Telethon in progress..

Next up is that Fabulous Singer from the USA, Kelly Clarkson. While she's singing "What a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", won't you please go to your phone and pledge some amount to help us stamp out Normalcy in our lifetime?

I see by our Donation Thermometer that we've crossed 1 million pounds, please could you help to to reach our goal tonight of two? Timmy will be out later to tell his sad story of what it's like to be Normal, poor lad..
~sniff~

Take it away, Kelly ...

I was saying isn't attacking Autism Speaks but its a satire after Mr. Mark explained it to me.

Well, we're into the wee hours now for our Telethon.

And here's Timmy ! ! Tell the folks how it was to be diagnosed as normal. Oh, isn't that cute, he's too busy checking his cellphone to answer.
(Ha, HA ! !)
Now folks, you can see Timmy here, doing his best to deal with being normal. Only your contributions can help future generations from sharing his fate. Please, can you help us with our goal?
Call now, operators are standing by. You can put your contribution on your credit card. Please help Timmy, and all those other children out there that are normal, but don't know it yet ...

Omg, it's bizarre, when I was a teenager and young adult (read prior to 30), I was so horrified that I would say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing, now I just smile and shrug and if I horrify someone, I just apologize (even when I don't think I said or did anything wrong -- because it makes NTs feel better). And I get along easier. You should try it, it's the coolest thing.

As for people saying things because they know you're listening -- heck, be blatant about it, tell them you're listening outright, and simply close the door for her. hehe; it'll boink her out.

My Dad taught me an expression a long time ago... Revenge is a dish best served cold... and it really is.

and now it's time for Timmy's story *sniff* It's so sad that a child should have to grow up like this.

I know. That's basically what I do. And their reponses can be funny when they no longer feel irritating.