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03 Jan 2006, 4:49 pm

This website is hilarious! This is a parody website of a fake institute devoted to finding a cure for neurotypicality. :lol:
Here it is:http://isnt.autistics.org/

What do you think of the website? :P



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03 Jan 2006, 7:15 pm

Two thumbs up for this great initiative.



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03 Jan 2006, 7:40 pm

This is a funny site. But I do have to say that from what I've seen, having delusions of superiority, feeling that your experience of the world is the only correct one, and being "intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others" are not NT-exclusive traits at all.



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03 Jan 2006, 8:35 pm

mikibacsi1124 wrote:
This is a funny site. But I do have to say that from what I've seen, having delusions of superiority, feeling that your experience of the world is the only correct one, and being "intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others" are not NT-exclusive traits at all.


Nope. They're human traits. :)


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03 Jan 2006, 10:25 pm

Sophist wrote:
mikibacsi1124 wrote:
This is a funny site. But I do have to say that from what I've seen, having delusions of superiority, feeling that your experience of the world is the only correct one, and being "intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others" are not NT-exclusive traits at all.


Nope. They're human traits. :)

Why the smiley face?


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03 Jan 2006, 10:26 pm

And yeah, the site's pretty funny.


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04 Jan 2006, 9:10 am

I got a good laugh out of it the first time I visited. Most people would have to admit that it's pretty humourous and creative.


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04 Jan 2006, 8:43 pm

Sarcastic_Name wrote:
Sophist wrote:
mikibacsi1124 wrote:
This is a funny site. But I do have to say that from what I've seen, having delusions of superiority, feeling that your experience of the world is the only correct one, and being "intolerant of seemingly minor differences in others" are not NT-exclusive traits at all.


Nope. They're human traits. :)

Why the smiley face?


He's a professor therefore he knows everthing;hence his smiling! :lol:



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05 Jan 2006, 11:47 am

Fun, but it looks like there is a possibility of serious discussion as well.
Its cool.



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05 Jan 2006, 1:47 pm

hahaha.... very funny



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05 Jan 2006, 2:09 pm

That site is fantastic. I wonder what NTs make of it?


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05 Jan 2006, 4:59 pm

These strange creatures are alarming and require further study to understand their long term effects on aspies :)



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05 Jan 2006, 6:40 pm

Tolian wrote:
That site is fantastic. I wonder what NTs make of it?


I'm not quite sure, but I'm tired of seeing websites were aspergers are talked about as if it is a disease or something. It is simply Aspergers nothing much.



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06 Jan 2006, 7:44 am

no dissections?



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06 Jan 2006, 10:56 am

I have known about it for quite awhile. I gace a psych professor a link a couple of semesters ago and she thought it was funny (I'm pretty sure she was NT)



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06 Jan 2006, 12:33 pm

I found it amusing and interesting. I was not offended, since I was already prone to seeing my NT-ness as a "weakness" at worst and "a mixed bag like anything else" at best, and had already done my own playful musings about what it would be like if non-autism were an atypical wiring that was considered a disability. I did initially take a beef with there being more emphasis on the "A" criteria than the "B" and "C" ones. Then I realized that I could probably relate to two "A" criteria, but still was on the fence about enough things that I might fit an "Invasive Development Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified" category better. I did like how they mentioned the sensory and perceptive stuff in which I think my own NT-ness is most apparent, and not just the hypersociality like some other NT stereotypes.