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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Neurotypical" premiere on US TV |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 5:44 pm
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| It real world problem banks take advantage of everyone. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why the stigma attached to the word "Disease"... |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2013, 12:38 pm
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| It is the history of the word 'disease' lends itself to negative meaning. I think it started with the Bubonic Plague where it nearly wipe out 2/3 of the population in the Middle Ages where it was so horrible that people were thrown out of cities and fled to other cities to escape the death. Which by... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Females with ASD...please answer! |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2013, 8:58 pm
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| Your questions are very confusing? I mean what do want to know about female AS the simple thing is go watch the Bridge. It is on FX. AS for Fantasy life that no different in taste of genre for gaming that is about it. No offense your question are deeply personal and somewhat offensive. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why the stigma attached to the word "Disease"... |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2013, 8:51 pm
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| It is the connatation of the word not the denotation of the word that is the problem. People have tendency to assign emotional meaning to words not just the literal. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2013, 4:39 pm
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| I think the expression fits the best for question. "You can only please people some of the time. You can never please all the people all the time." I would like to say the different ASD will get equal opportunity with representation. It will be a lie. Some people are better vocalizing there needs th... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Neurotypical" premiere on US TV |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2013, 1:00 pm
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I went to POV homepage click on the video tab it was there.
I did enjoy it. It had very interesting points.
Thanks Paula for seeing the world through your eyes. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2013, 8:58 am
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| The foundation would provide a service that is needed but it has to be different in order to find a niche. If helps people with Autism get jobs or provides with training to obtain jobs and I do not mean soft skills. The problem is training to compete in job market is expensive and the US is lagging ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 6:40 pm
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| Animals do have it. Dolphins and some of the whales do have emotions. Chimps and Apes or higher animals as they call it. I think problem for biologist unless animal displays behavior that we consider intelligence for example the Squid stealing food from the keepers, uh they consider it intelligent. ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 6:01 pm
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| It could be argued, and has been, that life evolved because the universe had a need for observers to collapse the wave functions of the quantum pathways and force change. In that, the more complex the mind of the observer, the more complex waveform manipulation is possible... Therefore, it is just ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 4:23 pm
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| It could be argued, and has been, that life evolved because the universe had a need for observers to collapse the wave functions of the quantum pathways and force change. In that, the more complex the mind of the observer, the more complex waveform manipulation is possible... Therefore, it is just ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 1:35 pm
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| That pollution is part of the Parasitic function or one call a phage where it kills the host cell by own waste product. If by saying that I guess I would be in agreement. Deviation in the parasitic function does not mean less parasitic than the original group. There is no symbiotic relationship for ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 7:18 am
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Feralucce wrote: That is only if an anthropomorphous view of the planet is accurate... but I do not think that the planet, itself is alive... HOWEVER... let us assume that it is... Humans are not a disease... we are a parasite.
Agreed. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2013, 9:03 pm
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Thank you for clarification.
I find most lifeforms are a disease because they all fit in that broad definition there of. Humans beings are multi-cellular form of cancer since the numbers never stop growing to point of global destruction nor they are sustainable. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2013, 5:50 pm
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Feralucce wrote:
Are you saying Autism is a disease? The Article said it is not. The Article stated it is a syndrome which is not disease. I saying this for clarification. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2013, 11:36 am
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| Goals Tell the Truth about Autism ( not talk about it like Autism Speaks and Autism One) Get services for those who need it How- Donations, walks, fundraising at as many places as possible (think relay for life), Website. Organization Centralized with Chapters Democratic organization Meetings 2 tim... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why Don't We Make Our Own Autism Foundation? |
| WhitneyM |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2013, 6:29 pm
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It something I like to help out.
Autism For Equality: medical, social, economic, and Employment Opportunities.
A mission statement needs to be decide along the goals. |
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