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 Topic: Autism Speaks Going Legal Action on Me |
Sophist
Replies: 87
Views: 3834
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:26 am Subject: Autism Speaks Going Legal Action on Me |
I've heard Autism Speaks have patented Autism and we are all to be sued for being unlicensed products, you have to admire them for their moneymaking scams, sorry - schemes 
LOL, classic. I'm w ... |
| Topic: Visual Perception in Autism |
Sophist
Replies: 18
Views: 528
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:10 pm Subject: Visual Perception in Autism |
BTW, is this primarily a board for people from US or are there people from other countries as well?
I would say that the US, UK, and Australia are the ones which most heavily populate this forum. |
| Topic: Visual Perception in Autism |
Sophist
Replies: 18
Views: 528
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:28 pm Subject: Visual Perception in Autism |
| I think I read a paper once in which it was shown that we had better than usual ability to break a visual pattern down into parts, but normal ability (not reduced ability) to see whole patterns. It ... |
| Topic: Spectrum and sub-culture???? |
Sophist
Replies: 36
Views: 723
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:05 pm Subject: Spectrum and sub-culture???? |
I am my own subculture. I'm one of the original trendsetters, baby, yeah.
j/k
I haven't felt especially connected with any one subculture, but over the years I've floated back and forth be ... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks 2006 Financial Report @ BBB |
Sophist
Replies: 14
Views: 555
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:41 pm Subject: Autism Speaks 2006 Financial Report @ BBB |
| The 2007 financial report is now available as well. |
| Topic: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
Sophist
Replies: 31
Views: 1221
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:27 pm Subject: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
Or how about:
NTs Who Think They're Speaking for Autistics but When We Do Try to Speak They Ignore Us or Try to Silence Us and Say that We're Not Autistic.
Well, no, I guess the acronym NWTTSAWD ... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks 2006 Financial Report @ BBB |
Sophist
Replies: 14
Views: 555
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:08 am Subject: Autism Speaks 2006 Financial Report @ BBB |
| I'd like to know, specifically, what they consider as funding for "awareness". I'm assuming lobbying falls under that heading... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
Sophist
Replies: 31
Views: 1221
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:51 pm Subject: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
For the latest on this visit: http://www.aspieweb.net/what-you-can-do-and-thanks/
And to the spammers who spam there useless nonsense such as Sophist, and MikeH106 - go away.
Excuse me??? I am n ... |
| Topic: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
Sophist
Replies: 31
Views: 1221
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:27 pm Subject: Autism Speaks Intimidates yet another Autistic Blogger |
My shirt at http://www.cafepress.com/theautisider :
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/Sufist/jitcrunchaspx.jpg |
| Topic: Good Morning America: segment on Neurodiversity 06/09/2008 |
Sophist
Replies: 15
Views: 942
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:50 pm Subject: Good Morning America: segment on Neurodiversity 06/09/2008 |
Like you said, given Autism Speaks' strong ties with NBC, I don't think such a story would ever be aired on NBC.
It wasn't. It was aired on ABC 
I know, that's my point. Such a segment wou ... |
| Topic: I WANT TO BE A GENIUS |
Sophist
Replies: 149
Views: 4482
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:46 pm Subject: I WANT TO BE A GENIUS |
No offense, but the above just struck me as odd. I haven't read through this WHOLE thread, but the basic gist I am getting is that you wish to be a genius but you don't test in the genius range? T ... |
| Topic: Dreams & Spatial Reasoning |
Sophist
Replies: 7
Views: 330
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:22 am Subject: Dreams & Spatial Reasoning |
I cant vote because I am not sure what your asking but I will tell you...
my drams are very detailed and I view objects in dreams and RL the same...looking at them closely and focusing on details.. ... |
| Topic: Prove That You're AS |
Sophist
Replies: 31
Views: 993
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:20 am Subject: Prove That You're AS |
| Thankfully since my assessment and dx, the whole "prove it" thing has calmed down. But up until that point I was constantly coming up against people, especially professionals with no ASC experience, w ... |
| Topic: I WANT TO BE A GENIUS |
Sophist
Replies: 149
Views: 4482
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:16 am Subject: I WANT TO BE A GENIUS |
No offense, but the above just struck me as odd. I haven't read through this WHOLE thread, but the basic gist I am getting is that you wish to be a genius but you don't test in the genius range? T ... |
| Topic: Dreams & Spatial Reasoning |
Sophist
Replies: 7
Views: 330
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:54 pm Subject: Dreams & Spatial Reasoning |
| The dream thread made me wonder about this. There are two basic circuits in the visual system: that which feeds from the occipital lobes (primary vision cortex) up into the parietal lobes (called the ... |
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