Saturday, July 3, 2010
Neurodiversity Is At It Again
Well, neurodiversity seems to allude the fact that autism is bad, so I'll take them to the cleaners. My first issue is with Catatab Tabimount, who called me a "pathetic little brat clearly failed by his school." CT, VGW did not fail me. I was there, you weren't so butt out. She also said I "wasn't that threatening." I'm not supposed to be threatening CT, so that's GOOD, not bad. Also there is Sarah. While she did not directly attack me, she called Asperger's an "artificial label" and said it should be replaced with autism in the DSM. That is bad for a multitude of reasons. She also accused Tony Attwood of supporting "neurobigotry," when everyone knows that he is so neurodiverse. As for me, I don't know if I'll be blogging much longer, or if I do it'll be with decreased frequency. I might start posting about my life and tie it into autism in some way. Cheers to you all!
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Catatab insulted me also. Saying that I made no effort to self-improve and that nothing was good enough for me. She never met me had any interaction with me or knew anything about my life, yet this 17-18 year old girl (still in high school at the time i believe) took it upon herself to judge me.
The reason why Tony Attwood is on the nose of some in the Autistic community is because he supports the idea of "Cassandra Syndrome" (I think that's the name of it), a bogus condition made up by a witch called Maxine Aston - and describes the idea that ladies who are married to Aspies will turn into gibbering messes.
What a lot of nonsense! The only ones who become gibbering messes are the ones who shouldn't have married an Aspie to begin with because they could not cope and thought they could change their husband. Not happening!
Oliver, please call us Autistic Activists - not neurodiversity.
Then you can call us either Anti-Cure or Pro-Reality, because that's what supporting neurodiversity really is.
Some people deserve to be insulted, since they need to get their acts together.
I am actually a very nice person, and quite a hippie. I would love to think that I can get along with anyone, but in reality, nobody can.
As for Tony Attwood, I am sad to see what he has become. He really has let down the autistic community by associating himself with FAAAS, AS-Par, and Kathy McShack.
Pro-cure, anti-cure, neurodiversity, they are all autistic activists. All autistic people advocating for themselves are autistic activists, regardless of views.
Oliver, I think she was saying I deserved to be insulted because I had an opinion that did not agree with hers and I was calling to task her idol, Ari.
That is par for the course for most who are involved in the neurodiversity movement though. Perhaps when Catatab is about 25 or so, she will grow up and show some emotional maturity.
You are going too far Mitchell, by saying that Ari is my idol and that I am just defending him. It had nothing to do with him, and I am in no way part of a Ne'eman "cult" like your folks all like to call it.
I just find that a lot of the opponents have lousy arguments against him, and just make cheap shots at his age and functioning level. He is not perfect, he has a long way to go. He focuses more on the societal issues than the personal ones, which is okay (and that is what the NDC is for). All the people who are unhappy with his confirmation, really need to give it a rest, because there is nothing you can do besides be miserable.
"Deserve to be insulted," that came out wrong. I meant that sometimes you need to know the truth, even if it seems harsh. It is up to you whether you want to take it personally and be hurt, or do something about it. Say no more.
Ari hardly matches up to those people and circumstances you have mentioned. People may have the right to be opposed to him, but I have not found any good reasons from anyone. That petition was trash signed mostly by parents who think autistic adults have no business voicing opinions (unless they agree with them). There is much more to Ari than being opposed to a cure.
You know what, you have said it yourself. If you start posting more just about your life, that's probably a better thing to do. Posting about your opinions and getting into online arguments, cannot be very healthy if done frequently.
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