Chris's Autism Special...

[Furina]

Chris knows autism for real. You guys keep forgetting that he is the father of the First Generation of Autistic Adult Children

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Maybe I should include another A in the FGAAC, as in American

I think Chris would make a fine member of the First Autistic Generation, if you know what I mean

 

[Christ-Chan]

I think Chris would make a fine member of the First Autistic Generation, if you know what I mean

First Autistic Generation and Givers Of Truth.

 

[Watcher]

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[Venusaur]

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Oh man... I felt so sad for that poor mother. : /

EDIT: I want to see thie full thing now: http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/ps ... autism.htm. It's interesting hw some parents see the autism as a blessing and other's as a course.

The one called Nicky sounds like he has his own Sonichu.

 

[Varis]

His hatred of Aspergers is baffling, since even in his whiny, convuluted rants, even he doesn't seem to know why he hates it.

My guess would be jealousy - or maybe he just got sick of hearing/reading about it. (If it's the latter, I can kind of relate.)

 

[Henry Bemis]

I just love how it goes from talking about autism to talking about his life and whining.

Not that surprising, really. Just look at how quickly Sonichu turned into The Chris Chandler Show.

(Hell, Chris gave himself the first line of the comics ("Zap to the extreme!") instead of the title character.)

His hatred of Aspergers is baffling, since even in his whiny, convuluted rants, even he doesn't seem to know why he hates it.

My guess would be jealousy - or maybe he just got sick of hearing/reading about it. (If it's the latter, I can kind of relate.)

I think Chris may have picked up that Asperger's is the "smart/savant" side of autism, which he thinks really cramps his academic achievements to date.

 

[Silver]

makes me think, if the asperger's diagnosis had never existed and it had all been autism spectrum disorder from day one, or chris had been born after the DSM-5, what would he rail against? I'm sure there would have had to be some diagnosis he hates; he's not complete without it.

 

[Fapcup]

I actually think he HAS Aspergers in a mild form, rather than Autism.

(Both conditions are put under the same term today though... Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Descriptions of it have a lot in common with Chris's symptoms, especially in terms of speech.
Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have any of Aspergers more positive symptoms.

 

[Mr. 0]

^I'm pretty sure early-age muteness doesn't happen to aspies. Chris didn't speak until he was 7 (if I remember correctly).

 

[Silver]

^I'm pretty sure early-age muteness doesn't happen to aspies. Chris didn't speak until he was 7 (if I remember correctly).

also, aspie speech tends to use very specific words (the whole "little professors" thing) because aspies feel they can't get across their point unless they use a word that means *exactly* what they want to say. this is how i end up using words like "superfluous" in everyday conversation. chris repeatedly fails to understand meanings of words and doesn't really give a shit about the way he expresses his words.

 

[CatParty]

^I'm pretty sure early-age muteness doesn't happen to aspies. Chris didn't speak until he was 7 (if I remember correctly).

didn't he speak at like 3 months old and then went mute when he was trapped in the room of toys?

 

[Mr. 0]

^I'm pretty sure early-age muteness doesn't happen to aspies. Chris didn't speak until he was 7 (if I remember correctly).

didn't he speak at like 3 months old and then went mute when he was trapped in the room of toys?

Our Pet Source on that sliver of info is about as reliable as one of Coleslaw's glorious reviews.

 

[Fapcup]

^I'm pretty sure early-age muteness doesn't happen to aspies. Chris didn't speak until he was 7 (if I remember correctly).

Actually, guess what is a symptom though:
"Some of them may even display selective mutism, speaking not at all to most people and excessively to specific people. " (Wikipedia)

Which sounds exactly like what happened with Chris!

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

One area that's absolutely worthy of further research (that likely can never happen) is to define exactly how much Chris understands about his own condition. Chris's description of autism has never been more elaborate than reading the listing on Wikipedia, and he's never demonstrated that those words mean anything to him. Chris defines his entire life by the word "autism", and yet a case could easily be made that he has no idea what autism even is.