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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Wandering: Please watch and sign the petition |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2011, 12:00 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 902
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXfWoOQpEDU[/youtube]
I made this video to explain why I oppose the proposed addition of "wandering" as a diagnostic classification for autism. Please watch, and, more importantly, please sign the petition here:
ASAN Petiton on Wandring |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are modern environment getting more and more hostile to ASDs |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 8:34 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,020
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| I think modern environments are more hostile to people with ASD, but maybe not quite in the way you mean? In my crackpot theory (and I'm not pretending it's anything more than that) the rise in the incidence of autism is the result of two things: a slight genetic shift due to an increasing societal ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: TV Movie from the 1970s about Autism with Kyle Richards |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 10:16 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,420
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9kB69qZ7r8[/youtube]
I cut together this video with scenes from the 1977 TV movie A Circle of Children. Enjoy! Happy holidays! Get off the floor and stop screaming! |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Share your Youtube channel |
| Vector |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,027
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism's Drum Major Instinct |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,080
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| Nathan, I think people with autism are very different from each other. When you combine this with both our difficulties understanding how other people think and our tendency to become unreasonably attached to our own ideas--- it makes it very difficult for us to talk without hurting each other's fee... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Greetings earthlings, I come in peace... and with cookies! |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,975
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you still believe in the Autistic Community & Culture |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 10:56 am
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Replies: 168
Views: 16,933
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| 1) Ken is someone I greatly admire and it makes me sad to see him disheartened. 2) I think Wrong Planet best serves people who are new to the online autism community. 3) The communicative difficulties of people with autism make organizing and socializing especially challenging for us. 4) The emotion... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I am very sad and wish I will die soon... please help |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010, 5:43 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,715
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| 1) I am very sorry you are so sad and having such a hard time. 2) What happens if you try to hang out with girls who might be closer to you on the social hierarchy? Lots of people with autism (well, me) tend to fixate on the people who are at the top of the pyramid and be sad that they don't want to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should i ignore it? |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2010, 12:07 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 6,691
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| 1) I want to advise you to say something to him like, "Actually, I think it make my life a lot easier if you killed yourself, so let's try that." Unfortunately, I think someone who would say something like that might be past the point of joking with, so probably a bad idea. 2) You should not conside... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: I Am Autism - The War On Autism |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2010, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 82
Views: 8,756
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| I think you also need to make the case for why it is useful to regard autism as a nation. I'm very dubious about it as a metaphor, but certainly open to argument. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My Message to WrongPlanet. |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2010, 8:50 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,442
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Happy holidays--
Christmas day will always be
Just as long we have we. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: I Am Autism - The War On Autism |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2010, 8:15 pm
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Replies: 82
Views: 8,756
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I sing about this. Not especially well, but there it is.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXYN5kZrgyo&feature=related[/youtube] |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Comedian Jokes About Autistic Boy Sexually Assaulting Mom |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2010, 4:30 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,663
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| I'd disagree and say that a good comedian should also challenge taboos, which inevitably will end up offending a variety of different people who seem unable to take a joke. But a good comedian should challenge those taboos that should be challenged, not just poke at anything in a desperate attempt ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Comedian Jokes About Autistic Boy Sexually Assaulting Mom |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2010, 7:01 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,663
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| If you don't offend people, you're a s**t comedian. Frankie Boyle FTW. Yes, but the key is to offend the right people about the right things. And the right people are the ones who have the power, not the ones who don't. Humor is either a tool of conformity or a weapon against illogical behavior. It... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Comedian Jokes About Autistic Boy Sexually Assaulting Mom |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2010, 12:08 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,663
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| I am a big fan of free speech, and glad to live in the US, where legal action would not be possible in a case like this. And I wouldn't have tracked it down on YouTube if I didn't think people should be able to see what he said and decide if they think it's offensive or funny or? But I also think sp... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Comedian Jokes About Autistic Boy Sexually Assaulting Mom |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2010, 11:30 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,663
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| After comedian Frankie Boyle told two cruel jokes about her autistic son Harvey, model and reality TV star Katie Price is considering legal action. The first joke is about a custody battle in which neither side wanted the eight-year-old boy. The second involves Harvey sexually assaulting his mother.... |
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