Thursday, September 15, 2011

Diagnosis of Wandering

This morning, I read a horrific story in the LA Times about an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing in the Angeles National Forest. He was thankfully found safe, but it was obviously very scary nonetheless. It is people like these who may require a label or diagnosis of "wandering" so that people will know to take extra precaution to keep them safe. Of course, Ari Ne'eman and his ASAN are against this label, for fear that it would be "stigmatizing." Neurodiversity claims to prevent stigma, but they actually do a pretty good job of creating it. My belief as to why Ari Ne'eman opposes this diagnosis is that he is so self-righteous that he cannot possibly see himself necessitating a "wandering" label. That statement alone may be true in of itself, but one must also keep in mind that Ari Ne'eman is not autism. Despite the fact that he himself may not need a "wandering" label, he as absolutely no right at all to say that, on behalf of all autistic people, that he opposes a "wandering" label. It may be needed in several cases, and it can save lives. I myself would never need a "wandering" label, but I do not go around saying that if I don't need it then nobody does, because that is simply not true. Many people do need it, and I am not in the least afraid to admit to that. Another bogus line of Ari Ne'eman's is that non-verbal autistic children who wander must be allowed to do so because that is supposedly their only way of communicating. First of all, Ari Ne'eman has no psychology degree whatsoever, so I have absolutely no idea why he thinks he knows this. Also, if that is indeed the case, it would be even more of a reason to necessitate the label, not less. A child who only communicates by wandering or attempting to wander (assuming that is indeed true) does not justify having his life endangered by the lack of a label simply due to fear of stigmatization. Of course, Ari Ne'eman also opposes teaching non-verbal autistic children to talk, which could also help greatly with the wandering issue. The stories like today's and countless others just only go to show how badly this label is necessitated. Anyone who simply fears being stigmatized is ignorant to the fact that these autistic people are putting their own lives at risk. We need to stop the ASAN now for the betterment of society, and we need to realize that they do not really care about autistic people in the least.

33 comments:

Dion (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6lymJy57E

WRIF Rocks (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

"And when the music died some emotions were brewing it sounded like a couple donkey's screwing, the day the music died. Oh why did Madonna have to make the music die, I knew her version of it wouldn't fly, maybe I should just stick a twig in my eye, singing Madonna made the music die, Madonna made the music die." - Drew And Mike

Anonymous said...

how many time i do not do what i want to do but do what i dont want to do

Bob Saget (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

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Bob Saget (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

I saw the movie The Leprechaun years back. Awesome piece of film! They eat your dog but they'll shine your shoes, one minute the next minute. It's a complete 180. And you know, my dog is very important to me, Cause my dog licked my... But a fuckin leprechaun! Whoever came up with that by the way, fuckin' genius! They're mean, they're green, they got rotted teeth, all they care about is money, they're my agent!

The Great Cornholio said...

I need TP for my bunghole!

Bob Saget (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

They're wonderful little fuckin creatures. And if you go outside when you leave here tonight, and you fucking see a leprechaun, you shoot that motherfucking thing! You kill that dead, you put that down! I will put two million dollars right on the table, right now, for a leprechaun to be fuckin Shmeagol and E.T. and fuckin Jared on the bottom of the pile. Two Fucking Million! Make that happen we will all get off high... huh What?!

Anonymous said...

I'm gonna give you gas.

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner)z said...

Fag.

Anonymous said...

I meant to say "gas money."

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner)z said...

Does your mother know you're gay.

Bob Saget (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

I don't even know you Oliver, I'm just fucking around. But you look like the type of guy who can't get laid, may walk into a petting zoo after hours so I'm just saying Oliver, don't fuck a goat. It'll chew your dick off and then you'll be fucked. You'll be rat-fucked, rat-fucking by the way is much worse cause it's hard with those tiny legs. And if you see an ostrich, Oliver. I know what you might be thinking. Just because it's head is on the ground doesn't mean it ain't watching. It's head'll freak out and then be like teeing off on the golf course. And then you might go, bummed out because nobody will fuck you and you see a turtle, and you'll be like what the fuck? And you'll put it on and then it'll creep it's head into the shell and you know what? Now you got a turtle on a dick son, so just knock it off and act natural just stop it! And a porcupine will fucking kill you.

The Queen Of England (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Yeah and then you woke up, you lousy, disgusting, un-bangable peasant!

Some Alias (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

I'll get used to the fact that you're here and you're queer and you just won't admit it you need to get used to it heaumo.

Some Alias (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Didn't you say that you chose to be straight when you were ten years old, lying homo?

Some Alias (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Was that not something you said, that you chose to be straight when you were 10?

Some Alias (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

I thought you also said just a few comments ago that you have always been straight and that you couldn't be gay even if you chose to try to be, isn't this both a temporal and literal contradiction?

Joe Mule said...

You're gayer than a salon full of male hair dressers working on opera singers. I think your secret wish is to be ravaged by Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Steve Austin at the same time! (That's a mouthful and a buttful.)

I hope you get your wish, small fry.

Some Alias (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Homo.

Joe Mule said...

I think he doth protest too much.

(And he doesn't even know how to spell "straight". What a maroon!)

Senator John Blutarski (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

(coughing) BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT.

Joe Mule said...

Yup, you're "strait" allright, as in:

strait jacket - noun

1. a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.

2. anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders: (Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking.)

or as a verb:

3. to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.

Ya dumbass, get a Dictionary!

Joe Mule said...

>>>>----------------------->

S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T as an arrow.
Get it straight!

You spell like a dumbass, (and heterosexual is one word).

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Heumo

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Heaumo

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Heaumo

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Heaumo.

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Faguette.

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Kweer.

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Homoseksual

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

Fayrie.

Andrew Ackner (aka Andrew Ackner) said...

You like Santorum on your dick.

A better future for all said...

"I saw the movie The Leprechaun years back. Awesome piece of film."

That was a kickass movie.