Stop with the Autism Supremacy!

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Ok I don't know about anyone else but part of the reason I did not enjoy my childhood was because of people who one would catagorize as normal like to act like they where superior to me because I was a bit different.....so why would I want to develop the attitude that I am better then someone because of some disorder I was born with? that is just as bad as someone thinking its ok to pick on someone who's different because being normal is superior for instance. So sorry to rain on the pride parade but seriously, I want no part of it.

There is a vast difference between being proud / happy about who and what you are and becoming some form of autism supremacist.

I think that a public or private celibration of autistic / AS culture is perfectly OK. But I am opposed to the idea of an autistic supremacist meeting, for example I would be disgusted if a group of autistic persons were to form there own version of the KKK.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Many people like Einstein find genius through autism. By definiton a genius is smarter than a normal person. Yet because a normal person cannot comprehend the autistic genius they dismiss the autistic genius as a ret*d. Einstein was no exception. Before Einstein achieved fame he was constantly belittled for his bad memory and his bad grades at school. Neurotypicals complain that we do not treat them as equals yet they constantly condemn the autistic genius as a ret*d and slam the autistic genius with bad grades at school and bad performance evaluations at work. Maybe if the neurotypical accepted the autistic genius my opinion of neurotypicals would change but the fact is that thanks to the medical establishment autistics are regarded as a disease. Whenever the autistic tries to defend himself against the disease stigma he is denounced as a hate monger. Meanwhile autistics suffer greatly . They are barred from attending the finest universities and they are constantly fired at work or given the most menial of jobs. I am constantly told that I am an idiot, that I am stupid, and a ret*d and that I have no common sense. and that I am worthless.

True. Sometimes I do feel like being an aspie makes me smarter. It does actually but that is no reason to see nts as inferior. A large portion of great people are nts.

I have this same problem with gay pride. In my mind, pride is an emotion you should feel for an accomplishment, something you've achieved. I'm fine with the idea of being proud of how well you've coped with your difference (I for one am damned proud of how well I fit in), but being proud simply of BEING autistic (or glbt) is no different in my eyes from being proud of being white or black or straight or American or anything you didn't choose for yourself.

Autistics have accomplished a lot. For example I invented a new Calculus based on fractals but I was still slammed with a bad grade in my math class.

This was not looked upon as an accomplishment but merely autistic parroting. Since I neither invented Calculus nor did I invent the mathematics of fractals I was considered very dishonest for taking credit for my invention of combining Calculus and Fractals and I was called a plagiarist and was banned from submitting my invention to the newspaper.

I once had an English teacher that boasted that he would blackball any student that plagiarized Shakespeare. However Romeo and Juliet was a plagiarism of Samson and Delilah.

Basic strategy in setting ones value in the labour market is to start with a high asking price and let the market set your value but starting with a low price is a recipe for disaster.

Same thing applies here, a supremicist viewpoint is a logical opening ambit.

Whether or not the world will "buy it" is another matter.

If you think you are cr*p people will treat you as such.

If you think you are good people will treat you as such.

Having a high perception of your worth is good for you and helps you to be successful.