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We're here. We're weird. Get used to it.
Sun, May 18, 2008 - 8:03 AM
For my youtube junkie friends:
www.youtube.com/watch
Wired article, long but worth the read:
www.wired.com/medtech/hea...03/ff_autism
When I look at the scientific approach to mental divergence, I can't help but think something is missing. Are all of these "illnesses" really a result of genetic mutation, something in the water, something we're eating...? or perhaps there is an evolutionary mechanism working that sees farther than we can as individuals. Will the world be a better place if there are more people in it who have vastly different ways of perceiving and interacting?
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Thu, May 22, 2008 - 5:43 AM
i've been considering the naming of differences as 'diseases'. and i think part of it boils down to the inability of some of those affected to add to the economy. therefore they are not a part of society in a very broad, capitalist sense. taking it a step further, when you realize that the production of goods inherently means some resource, be it natural and/or human, is used up, any person not able to add to the economy should be considered more normal than the rest of us loonies who buy into that load of bull. now where's that kid with my latte?
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Thu, May 22, 2008 - 8:41 AM
Will the world be a better place????
I believe the world will/is be a better place for the observer that discovers and comes together with others like them or at least something like them. The trick, if it is a trick, is when they are together, that world, that space or place becomes better even for a moment. 2 days, 2 months, 2 years, however long the moment is will always be perfect for what it is. Mad Pride is a hugh declaration. Pride is one of the great "Grounding" emotions of all time.
I pledge to "Get used to it" or at least love it. Great Post! |
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Sun, October 11, 2009 - 10:09 PM
Cure or pride? Both, please. Above all, the choice.
while many autists are joining forces to demand not to be cured, doctors and parents maintain their stance. Both are right. Partially. Autism is a disorder if it is disabling. And it being or not disabling depends on various factors, principally on how we get to react to our reality and how our environment does. Today, given the high degree of ignorance about autism and its different aspects, neurologically atypical individuals are harmed in several ways by ourselves e by the others. Unnecessarily. Just like left-handed became gradually accepted and their peculiarities began to be revealed, other neurologically atypical individuals will be able to live lives just as satisfactory as the ones of the neurotypical, from the moment on, when the limitations and the advantages of its condition are recognized and respected.
Our common disability to fly is not a disease, it is a shared condition. No one humiliates another person because of not being able to do such a thing. The question is: why only shared conditions are accepted? Why not live without judgment or discrimination with someone who is in an atypical condition? Celebrate neurodiversity. * * * * * ura ou orgulho? Os dois, por favor. E principalmente a escolha. Muitos autistas estão unindo forças para exigir nao serem curados enquanto medicos e pais de portadores de necessidades especiais mantêm sua posição. Estao ambos certos. Parcialmente. Autismo é doença se for incapacitante. Ser ou não incapacitante depende de vários fatores entre eles de como a própria pessoa consegue reagir à sua realidade e de como o ambiente à sua volta reage. Hoje, com o grande grau de desconhecimento que temos sobre o autismo e seus diferentes aspectos, os indivíduos neurologicamente atípicos são prejudicados de várias formas por eles próprios e pelos demais. Desnecessariamente. Assim como os canhotos foram gradualmente aceitos e suas peculiaridades foram sendo reveladas aos poucos, outros indivíduos neurologicamente atípicos poderão viver vidas tão satisfatórias quanto as dos neurotípicos a partir do momento em que as limitações e as vantagens da sua condição sejam reconhecidas e respeitadas. Nenhum humano pode voar. Nossa incapacidade comum de voar não é uma doença, é uma condição compartilhada. Ninguém humilha ninguém por não voar. A pergunta é: por que somente as condições compartilhadas podem ser aceitas? Por que não igualmente conviver sem julgamento ou discriminação com alguém de condição atípica? Seu semelhante é diferente? Celebremos a neurodiversidade.. |
