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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Do apies have a life ? |
| Gedrene |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 4:47 pm
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hurtloam wrote: I really don't feel like I have a life. Well quite a few do, so the OP's comment is still simply nothing more than a side swipe. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 3:47 pm
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Replies: 49
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| you said league girls mother was vindictive. No I said, that it sounds vindictive for a real mother to say. I was talking about the words, not the person. Read it yourself if you don't believe me. Unless of course you're still going to desperately ignore the irony of you saying it's wrong to call a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 3:34 pm
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| you said league girls mother was vindictive. No I said, that it sounds vindictive for a real mother to say. I was talking about the words, not the person. Read it yourself if you don't believe me. Unless of course you're still going to desperately ignore the irony of you saying it's wrong to call a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Stop Bashing Autism Speaks! |
| Gedrene |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 3:30 pm
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Replies: 661
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| Autism speaks is the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization. That fact is indisputable, it is measured by the actual results the organization produces, verifiable by independent charitable organization review, and reinforced by over 100,000 sources on the internet. It's an autism ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 3:19 pm
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| can we avoid calling other peoples mothers vindictive or whatever.come on,how tasteless What is tasteless is a mother who calls their child ret*d because they have asperger's. Not only is it medically negligent it's purely offensive. but your still talking about someone elses mother The mother call... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 2:32 pm
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| can we avoid calling other peoples mothers vindictive or whatever.come on,how tasteless What is tasteless is a mother who calls their child ret*d because they have asperger's. Not only is it medically negligent it's purely offensive. but your still talking about someone elses mother The mother call... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 2:16 pm
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| can we avoid calling other peoples mothers vindictive or whatever.come on,how tasteless What is tasteless is a mother who calls their child ret*d because they have asperger's. Not only is it medically negligent it's purely offensive. but your still talking about someone elses mother The mother call... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 2:11 pm
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vermontsavant wrote: can we avoid calling other peoples mothers vindictive or whatever.come on,how tasteless What is tasteless is a mother who calls their child ret*d because they have asperger's. Not only is it medically negligent it's purely offensive. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do I get nero-typicals to not say "ret*d"? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 12:30 pm
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| But what if someone really did think they are ret*d? I thought when I was 14 I was and I wasn't happy about it. After years of being called that by kids, I had started to think they were probably right and I was. I don't think I was showing disrespect. All I got was that I wasn't ret*d and I kept b... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Tired of Hearing People complaining of autism |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 11:14 am
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Replies: 22
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Cringe wrote: i believe that you are a troll, and have nothing better to do with your time. And I bet the OP predicted such a message because that's why he pointed out that he was not a troll to begin with because people accuse him of being a troll for no reason.
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Stop Bashing Autism Speaks! |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 11:12 am
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DaWalker wrote: lau wrote: aghogday wrote: .. Autism Speaks supported, through and through. fixed |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Stop Bashing Autism Speaks! |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 11:11 am
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| I have never suggested that anyone should financially support the organization. People that visit this sites contribution in providing criticisms and suggestions to the organization, is probably more valuable to the organization's success. What you don't actually do is what you have done, which is ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: I Am Sick And Tired of People saying... |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 2:24 pm
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aghogday wrote: Gedrene wrote: .
Not earlier I was dealing with someone who was associating autism with bad handwriting because his children had it.
The very premise of confirmation bias is only seeing things in results that confirm your suspicions. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: I Am Sick And Tired of People saying... |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 1:49 pm
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aspie48 wrote: wish i could but thats certainly not how people see me. its like that post about uncanny valley effect, people see me as a disgusting half human animal.
Well that's honest at least, and I can't argue with the concept given some of my own experiences. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Curious: What exactly do we hate about Autism Speaks? |
| Gedrene |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 208
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| Right now there a lot of focus on the kids that are growing up, and it is making a STARTLING difference. If investing in families means more independence as future adults, that investment pays off for society in huge ways. While I understand it is frustrating for adults who have been ignored most o... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: the way NTs see us |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 111
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| Well I've learnt something on WP. I've learnt that lack of empathy and understanding is a normal human trait to do it to those who are a bit different to us. It is NOT a unique Aspie trait at all. I keep saying this but nobody seems to get it. Aspies find understanding and empathy difficult to NTs ... |
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