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20 Jul 2015, 8:53 pm

How autistic adults banded together to start a movement


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20 Jul 2015, 9:09 pm

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Whitney is part of a growing movement of autistic adults who are finding a sense of community, identity and purpose in a diagnosis that most people greet with dread. These “neurodiversity” activists contend that autism — and other brain afflictions such as dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — ought to be treated not as a scourge to be eradicated but rather as a difference to be understood and accepted.
The movement is not new. But it has gained a foothold in the cultural mainstream as the discredited debate over autism-causing vaccines has subsided and the voices of autistic adults have emerged, amplified by social media and the blogosphere

That's encouraging. I look forward to the book:
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

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20 Jul 2015, 11:12 pm

Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.



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25 Aug 2015, 7:30 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:
How autistic adults banded together to start a movement


"Years later, she found a word that explained it all: Autistic. Instead of grieving, she felt a rush of relief. “It was the answer to every question I’d ever had,” she recalled. “It was kind of like a go-ahead to shed all of those things I could or couldn’t do and embrace myself for who I am.”

Zacktly... :mrgreen:

Nice find...



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25 Aug 2015, 7:34 am

DevilInPgh wrote:
Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.


Couldn't see any of Lenny's comments...
There is a "report" button...
Probably removed...

Pity...
I was going to have fun with the funny neurotypical... :mrgreen:



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16 Oct 2015, 10:03 am

Good share


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30 Oct 2015, 6:50 pm

DevilInPgh wrote:
Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.


Too late. Of course the comments are full of idiots, why am I so surprised? Idiots love soapboxes, and the comment sections of news articles are the one place where they feel like they have power to express their idiotic opinion to a massive audience.


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30 Oct 2015, 6:51 pm

Pepe wrote:
DevilInPgh wrote:
Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.


Couldn't see any of Lenny's comments...
There is a "report" button...
Probably removed...

Pity...
I was going to have fun with the funny neurotypical... :mrgreen:


Oh, he's still there, being the stupid jerk he always was.


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