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So what do you guys think about the term that SJWs love to throw around, nuerodiversity?
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I was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at 4, and I ended up outgrowing it at 13.
I was an outcast in school and I had no idea how to act or make friends. It was brutal.
I was an outcast in school and I had no idea how to act or make friends. It was brutal.
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I thought for a time the concept might have merit but was convinced largely by SJWs themselves that it is utter bullshit.
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In my experience people don't seem to know unless you tell them.
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Most of the time you won't know someone is on the high-functioning level of the autistic spectrum. Especially if they've been through therapy and/or are smart enough to know to change their behavior when in the presence of different types of people.
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Pseudoscientific euphemism, because we're talking about normal vs abnormal, health vs disease, and not neutral variations as the term "diversity" suggests.
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It takes discipline to realize that you do need to fit in and not everyone is going to enjoy hearing about your fascinations and such. (I'm high-functioning as well.) I realize that I do put a good amount of pressure on myself not to use my autism as an excuse, take responsibility and fit in.
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There is only one autistic adult who I for sure know.
He is about 67 years old and still lives with my grandmother. He weighs about 90 lbs, is very picky about his diet and loves to watch old disney cartoons and sitcoms from the 50s.
He works as an accountant at my grandmother's business but I doubt he would be able to be hired at a lot of places. He likes to connect but it is difficult having a conversation with him at times since he is so literal minded and ornery/defensive if you ask him a question.
Thats what I imagine many autistic adults are like. Since no interventions were possible years ago, I believe many of them are homeless, unemployed or underemployed and lonely as all heck.
I really don't think many of my families friends grew up with undiagnosed aspergers/autism, have successful careers and send their kids to college etc.
I know a few people with Aspergers who are pretty chill and have nice lives. But I imagine growing up before special education was avialable, their lives would not be happy. I highly doubt a lot of those famous people from history (Bill Gates, Einstein, Jefferson) were autistic because even the mild form of it, if left untreated, seems like too severe of a handicap to overcome. Mozart may have had it though. I recently saw Amadeus, and Mozart reminded me of a certain sperg Im friendly with. A genius, but sometimes hopeless at everyday tasks.
Just my two cents.
He is about 67 years old and still lives with my grandmother. He weighs about 90 lbs, is very picky about his diet and loves to watch old disney cartoons and sitcoms from the 50s.
He works as an accountant at my grandmother's business but I doubt he would be able to be hired at a lot of places. He likes to connect but it is difficult having a conversation with him at times since he is so literal minded and ornery/defensive if you ask him a question.
Thats what I imagine many autistic adults are like. Since no interventions were possible years ago, I believe many of them are homeless, unemployed or underemployed and lonely as all heck.
I really don't think many of my families friends grew up with undiagnosed aspergers/autism, have successful careers and send their kids to college etc.
I know a few people with Aspergers who are pretty chill and have nice lives. But I imagine growing up before special education was avialable, their lives would not be happy. I highly doubt a lot of those famous people from history (Bill Gates, Einstein, Jefferson) were autistic because even the mild form of it, if left untreated, seems like too severe of a handicap to overcome. Mozart may have had it though. I recently saw Amadeus, and Mozart reminded me of a certain sperg Im friendly with. A genius, but sometimes hopeless at everyday tasks.
Just my two cents.
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/well-quiz-the-mind-behind-the-eyes/?_r=0
link is to a test about being able to tell people's moods from just their eyes.
how is that even possible?
link is to a test about being able to tell people's moods from just their eyes.
how is that even possible?
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I have ADHD.
Now i'm old enough to not give a fuk.
Now i'm old enough to not give a fuk.
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I was shocked of my diagnosis. I was in denial for while over a year (thanks encyclopedia dramatica). My
Spanish professor told me along the lines that others can't get a word in edgewise, and all I do is talk. That's when it really dawned on me that I really have autism.
I always thought that it was okay to have special interests because that's what makes the world go round and different strokes for different folks. I always had non mainstream interests. I now consider anime and appreciation of Japan to be mainstream. My interests started to get more and more non mainstream as a became an adult. My special interests wax and wane. Some of them are born and die an untimely death, while others live a long life. There are other interests that eventually get reincarnated into less powerful beings.
I used to be obsessed with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which led to my nine years and counting, main special interest Water Margin. There aren't too many people out there who like six century old Chinese novels that is 100 chapters long and with 108 main characters. I can sperg all day and night about it.
I thought it was okay that I didn't really have a lot of friends because I wanted friends who shared the same interests as me. Most high schoolers are conformist anyway. The psychologist who diagnosed me wrote in my medical file that I didn't have friends. I consider my friends people who I sit with at lunch. It turns out that their definition of friend is somebody that you hang out with outside of school.
A dead give a way as a child of my autism was my repetitive speech and some sensory issues specially when my mom brushed my hair and bathing. Back in the 90's it was all about ADHD and ADD. The autism rate was 1 out of 500-10,000 I want to say, and now it's 1 out of 50. Due to the fact that autism became more common when I reached my late teen years, I got my diagnosis at age 18. If I was born 10-20 years later, I probably would have gotten diagnosed during childhood.
To ADF and Chris, there is no excuse to be collecting disability for autism. I have bipolar which is way more debilitating than high functioning autism, and I hold down a job just fine.
Spanish professor told me along the lines that others can't get a word in edgewise, and all I do is talk. That's when it really dawned on me that I really have autism.
I always thought that it was okay to have special interests because that's what makes the world go round and different strokes for different folks. I always had non mainstream interests. I now consider anime and appreciation of Japan to be mainstream. My interests started to get more and more non mainstream as a became an adult. My special interests wax and wane. Some of them are born and die an untimely death, while others live a long life. There are other interests that eventually get reincarnated into less powerful beings.
I used to be obsessed with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which led to my nine years and counting, main special interest Water Margin. There aren't too many people out there who like six century old Chinese novels that is 100 chapters long and with 108 main characters. I can sperg all day and night about it.
I thought it was okay that I didn't really have a lot of friends because I wanted friends who shared the same interests as me. Most high schoolers are conformist anyway. The psychologist who diagnosed me wrote in my medical file that I didn't have friends. I consider my friends people who I sit with at lunch. It turns out that their definition of friend is somebody that you hang out with outside of school.
A dead give a way as a child of my autism was my repetitive speech and some sensory issues specially when my mom brushed my hair and bathing. Back in the 90's it was all about ADHD and ADD. The autism rate was 1 out of 500-10,000 I want to say, and now it's 1 out of 50. Due to the fact that autism became more common when I reached my late teen years, I got my diagnosis at age 18. If I was born 10-20 years later, I probably would have gotten diagnosed during childhood.
To ADF and Chris, there is no excuse to be collecting disability for autism. I have bipolar which is way more debilitating than high functioning autism, and I hold down a job just fine.
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I was diagnosed with Type 2(?) ADHD at 20. School was hell and I has trouble comnecting with other and honestly still do a bit. Was even worse after I graduated and went to college and looked for work. I can't handle more than two classes and for a while couldn't hold a job longer than afew months not counting my first only because my boss at the time felt sorry for me.
My significant other has aspergers and he is shit at expressing himself and forgets things pretty often.
My significant other has aspergers and he is shit at expressing himself and forgets things pretty often.
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I`m convinced that most white males currently fit the modern diagnosis for asperger's and the plan is to make that number 100% by 2020.
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How do you help a child such as this?
It neeeds d be taught some manners and also never be permitted to watch movies. Movies do not help it talk or engage
It neeeds d be taught some manners and also never be permitted to watch movies. Movies do not help it talk or engage
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Autism isn't all that bad, in fact as seen by the fact that autistic people can be successful, autism can be made into something good with encouragement rather than coddling and discipline rather than suppression. Of course we all know Kiwi Farms people would rather raise their autistic children to be lolcows so this post is probably pointless.
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I don't have a problem with autistic people that want to sperg about fandom shit among themselves or flap their arms around in public. Their stimming looks funny and stim toys are kind of stupid looking but so what if it helps them accept themselves and cope.
I have a problem with autistic people who think rules don't applky to them and anybody who says anything ~slightly mean to them is ableist. Oh and they keep sperging on a subject that makes people around them uncomfortable AND THEY KEEP DOING IT after being told that. Because "you're imposing on me you're ableist!" instead of "Oh sorry what's the problem?"
My least faves are the assholes who gang up into an amalgamation of autismal asspain because somebody said "low functioning" or someshit. Yes and while they are attacking a random person over semantics the severely autistic people they claim to fight for are still getting treated shitty in awful living situations or having their meltdowns splashed on Youtube but go on and send all kinds of hate to the poor bastard who innocently said "my son is very low functioning" nice job way to go.
I have a problem with autistic people who think rules don't applky to them and anybody who says anything ~slightly mean to them is ableist. Oh and they keep sperging on a subject that makes people around them uncomfortable AND THEY KEEP DOING IT after being told that. Because "you're imposing on me you're ableist!" instead of "Oh sorry what's the problem?"
My least faves are the assholes who gang up into an amalgamation of autismal asspain because somebody said "low functioning" or someshit. Yes and while they are attacking a random person over semantics the severely autistic people they claim to fight for are still getting treated shitty in awful living situations or having their meltdowns splashed on Youtube but go on and send all kinds of hate to the poor bastard who innocently said "my son is very low functioning" nice job way to go.
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Sorry for powerlevelling.
I'll start by saying that I don't have autism or aspergers. They tested me for it because I was rather socially withdrawn as a kid and struggled with focusing issues in school. Still didn't find anything. That said, I spent at least five years around people with serious cases of the disorder and some of the shit I've seen has bothered me for a long time.
Because I had some physical strength issues growing up I often went to physical therapy every other week and they'd have kids there that could barely function on a social level. I knew one kid that would literally only respond if you rhymed your sentences. Another would scream like a banshee every three minutes out of nowhere and give me a heart attack. I felt awful for them.
When I got to high school I noticed that there were special classes for severely autistic kids and instead of trying to help them the teachers would--I'm not kidding here--make them go around collecting trash from other classes.
The whole thing just upsets me.
I'll start by saying that I don't have autism or aspergers. They tested me for it because I was rather socially withdrawn as a kid and struggled with focusing issues in school. Still didn't find anything. That said, I spent at least five years around people with serious cases of the disorder and some of the shit I've seen has bothered me for a long time.
Because I had some physical strength issues growing up I often went to physical therapy every other week and they'd have kids there that could barely function on a social level. I knew one kid that would literally only respond if you rhymed your sentences. Another would scream like a banshee every three minutes out of nowhere and give me a heart attack. I felt awful for them.
When I got to high school I noticed that there were special classes for severely autistic kids and instead of trying to help them the teachers would--I'm not kidding here--make them go around collecting trash from other classes.
The whole thing just upsets me.
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