Autists and Aspies as aliens with UFOs

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Because this is the day when the television series, The X-Files is set to start broadcasting its eleventh season, I did a little Internet searching, and found some surprising results regarding autistic children known as "Star Children" ( http://www.higherjourneys.com/the-new-h ... onnection/ ) who some consider are Earth-bound UFO-riding aliens, or have been linked to alien encounters ( https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/opini ... d/3129426/ ).

Before anyone laughs, Internet hacker Gary McKinnon ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon ) who was "accused in 2002 of perpetrating the 'biggest military computer hack of all time,' although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of [...] a cover-up of UFO activity," is autistic himself. It would seem then, that even a few of us autists find no problem with aligning with the world's UFO enthusiasts. At least one autism-related web site ( http://aliensandchildren.org/ ) is dedicated to the idea, and even promotes several books with alien themes ( http://aliensandchildren.org/Autism_Alien_Books.htm ).

Of course, this topic should have a natural audience given Wrong Planet's own alien theme. But, the extent of my own interest about aliens and UFOs is purely academic. I enjoy mythology very much, and consider UFOs only the world's most recent "evidence" proving the medieval map warning to explorers "here be dragons."

Besides, being called a "Star Child" is pretty cool compared to what many others have called me in my life.

I always thought Fox Mulder from The X-Files was supposed to have Asperger's.

He certainly distrusted Dana Scully and Walter Skinner as "spying" on him for some time. He would rattle off facts and details about his interests, burying others in a verbal avalanche. His only friends seemed to be the Lone Gunmen who exhibited their own lists of diagnostic characteristics.

Richard Langly seems like he has it too.

Max Fenig, too, before the character died after three episodes.

He "is autistic himself". Well, that settles it then! I'm impressed! It must be true, because he wouldn't be mistaken, or lie to us.



Look, aliens just don't exist. At all. Anywhere. They're like the angels, witches and unicorns of Renaissance times, and a time will come when people just will not believe in them anymore, and will wonder how anyone in the past ever could.

Thanks for confirming (and essentially restating) everything in my OP. You did notice that the subforum includes the description of "media representation" didn't you? The larger thrust of my OP relied on various individuals making claims about autistic "aliens" ("Star Children" and such), not that aliens actually exist (see my statement that "I enjoy mythology very much, and consider UFOs only the world's most recent 'evidence' proving the medieval map warning to explorers 'here be dragons'").

I once heard in a Coast to Coast interview that what we call aliens are autistic time travelers. Autistic people are the forebearers of time travelers in the future. They are coming to earth to gather DNA from nonautistic people to basically breed the NTness back. This person also claimed that autistic people had a "hive mind" and I wanted to know what he was smoking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9itm9m6LWo And then there's this guy

Are we Time Lords? Cool!

From what I remember, no. That guy made it out to be we are just boring, biological automatons and they want to make themselves NT again. And he was dead serious too.

Well, that was rude of him! But then, apart from the Doctor, Time Lords are usually boring.

I'm a pre-veterinary student, does that mean I will be a "Doctor" in the future sometime too?

To quote Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: "Excellent!"

Another quote: "Why aren't we medically treating humans as well as we treat animals?"

Are animals treated better medically than humans? I've never heard that. If it is, it's usually a racehorse which makes its owner rich. Once it can't race anymore, it's usually killed.

I have heard it in reference to legalized euthanasia as well as how much humans are willing to pay out for the benefit of their pets. So, maybe it spans many opinions.

sorry don't mean to be a wet blanket but what has X files got to do with autism?