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22 Mar 2011, 9:06 pm

See the link below for an article about American Idol, which mentions WP and a particular thread discussing James Durbin. I would have tried to come up with something more insightful to say if I'd known I was going to be quoted somewhere ...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtra ... -fans.html



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22 Mar 2011, 9:14 pm

It's great to see good news in the media for once. We need more stories like this.


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22 Mar 2011, 9:26 pm

Yep. There is a difference between treatment awareness and this however. If you take everything personally about autism it's going to ruin your mind. There is news stories about people with a form of ASD that also happen to be criminals as well. The world ain't perfect and no one is perfect even those without a form of autism.


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23 Mar 2011, 4:43 pm

Glad to see the media focusing on something positive for a change.

I'm kind of dreading the lashback though. If 'all those Aspies' do rally around him and vote for him, and he wins, you just know someone is going to call foul. Someone with a 'disability' shouldn't be able to win just because his community voted for him. I'ts not 'fair' to the non-disabled who are there trying to win on talent alone. Reverse discrimination is always a fear of mine...



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23 Mar 2011, 4:45 pm

Oh hell vote for him but quite with the aspie name calling.


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23 Mar 2011, 5:34 pm

blueroses wrote:
See the link below for an article about American Idol, which mentions WP and a particular thread discussing James Durbin. I would have tried to come up with something more insightful to say if I'd known I was going to be quoted somewhere ...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtra ... -fans.html


They mentioned you specifically. Cool! :D Now you are officially committed to voting for him 100 times over.



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25 Mar 2011, 9:06 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
It's great to see good news in the media for once. We need more stories like this.


I agree about good news. I know the bad news is often important and relevant, but it is good to have good stuff too.


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