Autistic Lady Banned From Having Sex

In England, there was a recent case where a 29-year-old autistic woman was ordered by the court to stop having sex. It was found that she was mentally incompetent and lacked the capacity to give informed consent. The order was applied for by her mother who had to raise the four children she gave birth to that were products of homeless people she met on the street. At one point she was hospitalized in the psych ward where she tried to rape the male patients. She is also mentally retarded in addition to being autistic. I say this because this is an interesting dilemma when it comes to human rights. On the one hand, the right to have sex is guaranteed by the UN, so this might set a dangerous precedent when it comes to the rights of autistic people. On the other hand, everyone needs to be kept safe, and this person is essentially being protected from herself. There were other things the judge said that were quite puzzling. He did not rule that this lady could never get married, despite the fact that one needs to have sex to do so. His reasoning was that the woman could one day learn how to behave herself. However, he gave no provision that his current ruling could ever be lifted, which would defeat the whole purpose. Also, since she has been ruled to be incapable of giving consent, any man who has sex with her could be charged with statutory rape. There is only one other case like this in the history of England, but it involved a pedophile who had no known mental disabilities. The sad thing is, though, that if this lady had been cured of her autism, none of this would ever have happened. Neurodiversity needs to realize that autism is a bad disease, and stop lobbying against a cure in the face of cases like this. On a side note, I received an email from my good friend Jonathan Mitchell about autism-related tattoos. As I have previously stated, I desperately want a tattoo but cannot currently get one due to my fear of needles. Jonathan said that he still doesn't want a tattoo, but I do think that is a new and exciting way to spread autism awareness.

Occupy Neurodiversity

Among autistic people, there are about 1% who support "neurodiversity" and don't want to be cured. The other 99%, like me, think autism is a horrible disease and feel that a cure is necessary. Yet why is it that only the top 1% control everything? Between Big Pharma as well as the US government, they choose to fund neurodiversity to give everyone a false perception of autism, despite the fact that 99% of autistic people want to be cured. Unlike the Occupy Wall Street people, who are capable of voicing their displeasure, over 80% of autistic people are also mentally retarded and thus cannot adequately express their desire for a cure. Neurodiversity exploits this, and uses it to say that these poor nonverbal autistic people do not want to be cured, when anyone with eyes could see that that is pure bullshit. What can we do to change this? Well, I am starting a movement called Occupy Neurodiversity, where we will show this people who's really in charge and what autism really is.

It's Almost 2012

In 2011, my New Year's resolution was to lose my virginity. That happened, so I will not be committing suicide, at least not right now. However, much to my surprise, losing my virginity did not magically turn my life around. My life still sucks balls due to my autism, and I still need a cure. Both relationships I had this year failed, and only one of them resulted in sex. I made the humungous mistake of telling one of my girlfriends about my autism, but ironically it was the same one who had sex with me. She seemed fine with it at first, but then used it as an excuse to dump me. It is a mistake I have vowed never to repeat. My long-distance girlfriend did not know of my autism, but then she disappeared to Texas and just stopped calling me. I don't see myself having another relationship anytime soon, because I'm very severely autistic and I will likely never have sex again. I don't have a resolution for 2012 since I lost my virginity in 2011 and that was all I really wanted to accomplish. All I can do is hope that it is at least a better year, which seems pretty hard. Some things are getting better, though. I'm now learning to drive and I plan to start college in February, so we'll see where that leads.

The Difference Between Raffi And Luciano Pavarotti

In 1994, when I was 2 years old, I was watching the TV special "Encore: The Three Tenors" live from Dodger Stadium at my apartment in New Haven. My favorite singer at the time was Raffi, who I'd recently seen in concert and booed, as I referred to previously. While Raffi was a man with dark hair and a full beard, he really did not look much like Luciano Pavarotti. They were of different ethnicities (Raffi is Armenian while Pavarotti was Italian), and Raffi is thin and scrawny while Pavarotti was fat and sweaty. They even performed completely different genres of music: Raffi is a children's folk singer while Pavarotti was an opera tenor. Nonetheless, when the TV special came on, I looked at Luciano Pavarotti and immediately said, "That's Raffi!" The reason for this is that my autism makes me completely face-blind, which means that I have absolutely no idea what people look like. I figured that since both Raffi and Pavarotti had a beard, that they must be the same person. My parents simply explained to me that they were different people, but if they had focused their time when I was that age on curing my autism instead of just boasting about how "smart" I supposedly was, I would've been spared that horrific embarrassment. Once I accepted the truth, I learned that the other Three Tenors were named Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo, and I later learned that their conductor was named Zubin Mehta. Unfortunately, Luciano Pavarotti died in 2007 at the age of 71, thus putting an end to The Three Tenors.

The Use of the Word "Retard"

Recently, I was having an argument on Facebook with my good friend Jonathan Mitchell over whether or not it is appropriate to use the word "retard." While Jonathan and I agree on nearly everything (namely a cure), I must say that I disagree with him on this one. Now, don't get me wrong, I do not question Jonathan's integrity as a curebie. I believe that he is genuinely pro-cure, unlike Autism Speaks. Anyway, back to my point. Jonathan's position was the typical ND garbage that the word "retard" is offensive because it belittles autism as a disability. But the fact of the matter is that autism is a disability, and a very severe one at that. It shouldn't be trivialized at all, and ND already does a tremendous job at that. If we use the word "retard," we can accurately portray that autism is a severe disability and that it needs to be cured. One person who I know shares my opinion is John Best. When I was being chewed out on my Facebook wall by some NDs who were offended over my use of the word "retard," John Best immediately came to my aid and I commend him for that. It takes true moral character. What we need to do is ditch the PC and get to the reality of how bad autism is and how it needs to be cured. I believe using the word "retard" can do just that.

The Spectrum: 1967-2010

I can't believe I waited nearly a year to say it, but say it I must: the Spectrum was finally demolished in November of last year. This is the same Spectrum that Bruce Springsteen sang his famous "Wrecking Ball" song at in late 2009. Bruce Springsteen cares so much about autistic people because he performed for Autism Speaks. He didn't realize what a bad organization Autism Speaks is, and he thought they genuinely wanted to cure autistic children. If he had known then what he knows now, I doubt he would've even performed. The fact that Sadder but Wiser Girl put him on a boycott list just proves what idiots neurodiversity are. Bruce Springsteen unfortunately lost his saxophone player this past June, on the same day that I lost my virginity. Clarence Clemons will be missed greatly. He was 69 years old. RIP Clarence (1942-2011)

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.