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Shadowcat
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:11 pm    Post subject: Question Reply with quote

Why when a kid has a learning disability and says they are Artistic, they are corrected by adults and told, "Don't you mean Autistic?" I also heard of a mother who got upset when her son said he was Artistic, when the doctor really said Autistic.
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pakled
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, it's possible to be either, both, or none.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like to think of myself as "artistically autistic".
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