| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Psycho_jimmy
Raven
Joined: Jan 05, 2008
Posts: 104
Location: Adelaide, Australia
|
 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: Annoyed that Asperger myth spreads faster than fact? |
 |
|
I can't stand that, whenever I google for more information about Aspergers, read books - ask people, whenever I hear about Aspergers I tend to hear more fiction that truth.
No; just because I have Aspergers I am not a serial killer. I am not diseased. I don't need a cure, I am not violent due to my physiology, I don't intrinsically hate women, I don't hate children, I'm not suicidal, and no - Aspergers did not disappear magically when I became an adult. Oh, and my favourite - Aspergers is most definitely NOT caused by global warming, Jesus or vaccinations!
Anybody else irritated at seemingly increasing neurotypical idiocy? |
|
| Back to top |
|
Liopleurodon
Sea Gull
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
Age: 28
Posts: 208
Location: The Tethys Sea
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
I love the idea of AS being caused by Jesus!
Let's not forget the "90% of people who say they have AS don't" myth that's so very popular.
What gets me is the "well, I once met/knew/heard of/read about a person with AS and you're not like him/her."
_________________
Do I look like a freaking people person? |
|
| Back to top |
|
slowmutant
Phoenix
Joined: Feb 14, 2008
Age: 29
Posts: 6938
Location: Ontario, Canada
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:11 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Liopleurodon wrote: | | I love the idea of AS being caused by Jesus! |
I don't love that idea. It's as stupid and untrue as all the Aspie myths. |
|
| Back to top |
|
asplanet
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 11, 2007
Posts: 1779
Location: Cyberspace, New Zealand
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: |
|
|
I continue to hear of NT parents wanting to cure, change there children if only they knew they are the ones causes there own children so much unnecessary suffering, no wonder the children get so frustrated and angery... and then the parents drug the children because they can not cope!
and then there is all the fad treatments, if all that wasted time, money and energy went into raising awareness and understanding there would be a lot less ignorant people in the world and maybe then us aspie would be allowed to just be our selves..
_________________
"Believe in your self, we are who we are - as it can feel like an endless task trying to be someone else!" Alyson Bradley ... Aspergers Parallel Planet web site - http://asplanet.info/index.php
|
|
| Back to top |
|
demoluca
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 17, 2007
Posts: 526
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: |
|
|
They all seem to have the " it didn't happen to me so therefore it can't happen"
state of mind.>-<
_________________
.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨)
(¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Chibi_Neko
Want a Cookie
Joined: Oct 24, 2007
Age: 26
Posts: 1009
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: |
|
|
I really hate this, when I hear people talk about AS or autism in general I always yell in my mind "that's not true!"
_________________
Humans are intelligent, but that doesn't make them smart. |
|
| Back to top |
|
DevonB
Sea Gull
Joined: Mar 14, 2008
Age: 40
Posts: 248
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
How about:
You look so normal, you can't have THAT.
But you don't rock or spin things.
Aspies cannot communicate.
Aspies don't show emotion.
But you're married and have kids...
A million and one...but let's not hate all NT's...my partner is NT and is the most understanding and doesn't assume anything. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Macbeth
Thane of Bar and Cellar
Joined: May 28, 2007
Posts: 1380
Location: UK Doncaster
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Liopleurodon wrote: | I love the idea of AS being caused by Jesus!
Let's not forget the "90% of people who say they have AS don't" myth that's so very popular.
What gets me is the "well, I once met/knew/heard of/read about a person with AS and you're not like him/her." |
Probably the same person who would kick up a fuss if you said that "All blacks/chinese/poles/whatever are the same."
Got to love stereotyping and assumption...
_________________
"Mindset of an aristocrat, budget of a tramp" ZGM
"I dont have to know I'm your first if I already know I'm the best" ZGM
|
|
| Back to top |
|
krex
Phoenix
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Age: 44
Posts: 4973
Location: Village of the Damned
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
My "ex" GP, who claimed to know what aspergers(not autism)was...told me that I wasn't one because I could communicate. She was really angry when I still insisted on getting a specialist opinion with her referral.
So, it's not just the ignorance that bothers me but the anger you face when trying to dispel their ignorance.
Considering how the media and Autism Speaks continues to perpetuate mis-information, you can't really blame people for their lack of knowledge, (I just blame them for their lack of intellectual curiosity in general).
_________________
Just because one plane is flying out of formation, doesnt mean the formation is on course....R.D.Lang
Visit my crafts store
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5412685 |
|
| Back to top |
|
MartyMoose
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 01, 2008
Age: 20
Posts: 650
Location: Chicago
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I heard feminists used to claim blue balls is a myth. What a bunch of a-holes blue balls friggin HURTS!!!!!!!!!
Men should start claiming labor pains are a myth. |
|
| Back to top |
|
MartyMoose
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 01, 2008
Age: 20
Posts: 650
Location: Chicago
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I hate the myth that aspies can't have a sense of humor |
|
| Back to top |
|
demoluca
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 17, 2007
Posts: 526
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
"you have friends.you can't be autistic."
*grinds teeth*
_________________
.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨)
(¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•. |
|
| Back to top |
|
The_Cucumber
Velociraptor
Joined: May 05, 2007
Posts: 447
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yea. It bugs me when people lump the entire autistic spectrum into one category. They simply don't realize that many symptoms are often simply a difficulties, not inabilities.
So while it might be harder for us to make friends it doesn't mean we can't make friends.
_________________
The improbable goal: Fear nothing, hate nothing, and let nothing anger you. |
|
| Back to top |
|
krex
Phoenix
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Age: 44
Posts: 4973
Location: Village of the Damned
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I can make friends...I just can't keep friends....they are so high maintenance.
_________________
Just because one plane is flying out of formation, doesnt mean the formation is on course....R.D.Lang
Visit my crafts store
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5412685 |
|
| Back to top |
|
blondie
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 25, 2004
Posts: 365
Location: San Antonio, Texas
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: Hi |
|
|
I don't like the ones that make us seem violent!!!  
_________________
I am 18yrs old and have 3 younger brothers.
There are 4 aspies in our family, dad, me and my
two little brothers 13, 5. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
