Atomsk
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: "You write too well to have autism" |
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| Do you ever hear this? Especially online, when people only know you through your writing. This is one of the reasons I usually keep my autism secret - I hate it when people assume that because I don't type like I'm mentally retarded, that I can't possibly have autism. |
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Verdandi
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I do get this. In fact, I have had one person tell me that he could deduce from my writing that I must have *very mild* autism.
Then again, people tell me that my posts are very emotional when I am feeling very little emotion at all that I can identify when I write them. |
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Rascal77s
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Damn, I never get that. I must be autistic or something. |
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Greb
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Usually I change words order, mix singular/plural masculin/fememin, repete words in different places of the sentence and make other vanish.... and of course, I always read what I wrote to correct it. However, I'm quite a good writer when I have written (and corrected!) stories. They're different skills. |
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Atomsk
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| Rascal77s wrote: | | Damn, I never get that. I must be autistic or something. |
I don't get what you mean. |
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BunnyMum
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Yes, I get this all the time. I've written books of poetry which I sell as ebooks and I have been told I write well. Creative writing was one of my best subjects at school.
If only I could speak as well... I'd be quite popular I'd imagine  But I can't, so I'm not.
My thoughts flow easily from my brain to my fingers but get stuck halfway when coming out my mouth! |
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CuriousKitten
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| Writing has always been my preferred method of communication. This way nobody can see how long it took me to put my thoughts into words, and nobody can hear my trip over my words. |
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Sharkgirl
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:17 am Post subject: |
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I think rascal is being sarcastic. Although its ironic that it's not the opposite of what they are saying. Is that right?
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Rascal77s
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| I just thought it was a stupid assumption that people make so I was stating an equally stupid alternative for comparison. That and I'm very medicated if you know what I mean. I mean hell, the average American can't figure out the difference between 'their, there, and they're'. How do people expect me to write? But I guess it goes beyond "you're too good at writing". There's also, "You speak too well". And an old favorite... "You're too normal". What a lot of people really think is, "You're not a twitching non-verbal mess in the middle of a meltdown so, you can't possibly be on the autism spectrum. |
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Verdandi
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Well stated. |
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Moonpenny
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| CuriousKitten wrote: | | Writing has always been my preferred method of communication. This way nobody can see how long it took me to put my thoughts into words, and nobody can hear my trip over my words. |
I was trying to put that exactly that thought into words when I read the title of the thread, then found that you'd already done it. Thank you – me too! |
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MindBlind
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:07 am Post subject: Re: "You write too well to have autism" |
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| Atomsk wrote: | | Do you ever hear this? Especially online, when people only know you through your writing. This is one of the reasons I usually keep my autism secret - I hate it when people assume that because I don't type like I'm mentally retarded, that I can't possibly have autism. |
Man, people are stupid, aren't they? I used to get this all the f***ing time...
Me: Hi, my name is MindBlind and I am autistic
Twat: No you don't. You're too eloquent to be autistic
Me: Not sure if I should feel insulted by false accusation or feel complimented that you think I'm eloquent
Twat: Autistic people don't think in words and can't communicate.
Me: That's a gross generalization. even severely autistic people can write eloquently.
Twat: You probably have aspergers..
Me: I do...
Twat:AHA!
Me: But aspergers is a form of autism, y'know...
Twat: NO IT'S NOT! THAT IS SOMEHOW AN INSULT ON MY AUTISTIC CHILD!
Me...
I also get sh** like this:
Me: I have aspergers
Twat: Pfft, everybody says that they have Aspergers. I bet you just read the wikipedia article on the condition, saw that aspies are socially awkwards and went "HEY I'M SOCIALLY AWKWARD TOO, I GUESS I'VE GOT TEH ASSBURGERS"
Me: But I was officially diagnosed.
twat: You're lying. You don't want to kill yourself over your aspergers, so you must be lying
Me: Well guess what? My disability is real whether you believe it or not. You don't even know enough about me to make these accusations
Twat: LIAR! |
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Rascal77s
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:14 am Post subject: Re: "You write too well to have autism" |
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| MindBlind wrote: | | Atomsk wrote: | | Do you ever hear this? Especially online, when people only know you through your writing. This is one of the reasons I usually keep my autism secret - I hate it when people assume that because I don't type like I'm mentally retarded, that I can't possibly have autism. |
Man, people are stupid, aren't they? I used to get this all the f***ing time...
Me: Hi, my name is MindBlind and I am autistic
Twat: No you don't. You're too eloquent to be autistic
Me: Not sure if I should feel insulted by false accusation or feel complimented that you think I'm eloquent
Twat: Autistic people don't think in words and can't communicate.
Me: That's a gross generalization. even severely autistic people can write eloquently.
Twat: You probably have aspergers..
Me: I do...
Twat:AHA!
Me: But aspergers is a form of autism, y'know...
Twat: NO IT'S NOT! THAT IS SOMEHOW AN INSULT ON MY AUTISTIC CHILD!
Me...
I also get sh** like this:
Me: I have aspergers
Twat: Pfft, everybody says that they have Aspergers. I bet you just read the wikipedia article on the condition, saw that aspies are socially awkwards and went "HEY I'M SOCIALLY AWKWARD TOO, I GUESS I'VE GOT TEH ASSBURGERS"
Me: But I was officially diagnosed.
twat: You're lying. You don't want to kill yourself over your aspergers, so you must be lying
Me: Well guess what? My disability is real whether you believe it or not. You don't even know enough about me to make these accusations
Twat: LIAR! |
The moral of the story... Twats are twits. |
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Atomsk
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Rascal77s wrote: | | I just thought it was a stupid assumption that people make so I was stating an equally stupid alternative for comparison. That and I'm very medicated if you know what I mean. I mean hell, the average American can't figure out the difference between 'their, there, and they're'. How do people expect me to write? But I guess it goes beyond "you're too good at writing". There's also, "You speak too well". And an old favorite... "You're too normal". What a lot of people really think is, "You're not a twitching non-verbal mess in the middle of a meltdown so, you can't possibly be on the autism spectrum. |
Ah, I was just confused about what you meant, is all. I agree with you - people often seem to think that unless you're an extremely severe case, that you're not autistic, or just a mild case, or something. |
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Rascal77s
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| Atomsk wrote: | | Rascal77s wrote: | | I just thought it was a stupid assumption that people make so I was stating an equally stupid alternative for comparison. That and I'm very medicated if you know what I mean. I mean hell, the average American can't figure out the difference between 'their, there, and they're'. How do people expect me to write? But I guess it goes beyond "you're too good at writing". There's also, "You speak too well". And an old favorite... "You're too normal". What a lot of people really think is, "You're not a twitching non-verbal mess in the middle of a meltdown so, you can't possibly be on the autism spectrum. |
Ah, I was just confused about what you meant, is all. I agree with you - people often seem to think that unless you're an extremely severe case, that you're not autistic, or just a mild case, or something. |
I think you just hit the heart of the matter. What pisses me off the most is that people think 'mild' autism should be easy to deal with. Mild autism a.k.a AS, screws up a lot of lives. |
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