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MemberSix
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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:09 am Post subject: "Asperger's is not a disease" |
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| While it may not be a disease, it's very definitely pathological. |
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Danielismyname
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Using the definition of "disease", it actually fits.
Many people assume "disease" means an acute illness, and many others think it as an emotive term, i.e., "I'm not diseased! I'm perfect!"
So yeah, the statement down the bottom of the page is factually wrong.
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| Quote: | 1. A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
3. Obsolete Lack of ease; trouble.
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Starr
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: |
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Not a disease, more a lifestyle choice.   |
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tomamil
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| Starr wrote: | | Not a disease, more a lifestyle choice. |
now how can we know it is just a joke? because of the smiles? but can we be sure?
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ZakFiend
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:27 am Post subject: Re: "Asperger's is not a disease" |
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| MemberSix wrote: | | While it may not be a disease, it's very definitely pathological. |
Anything can be pathological, normality could be interpreted as being pathological, it's a matter of who the 'priests' of social customs are in a society. |
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MemberSix
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: Re: "Asperger's is not a disease" |
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| ZakFiend wrote: | | MemberSix wrote: | | While it may not be a disease, it's very definitely pathological. |
Anything can be pathological, normality could be interpreted as being pathological, it's a matter of who the 'priests' of social customs are in a society. |
Yeah, very insightful. |
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Erminea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: "Asperger's is not a disease" |
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Hi there,
They say; diseases are by definition curable. And they say autism isn't curable. Thus Asperger's isn't a disease.
But who are they? Doctors, shrinks and psychologists? Those arrogant tagging bastards. OK, not all but most of them see their field of profession as an absolute science, which I think is very wrong. It should be far more dynamic.
But hey, that's my opinion, thus subjective.
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b9
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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it is a syndrome and not a disease
it is a disorder where structural elements are rearranged into new foundations of conciousness.
a disease is where things are pathogenically pollutive.
aspergers is not like that. |
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Joeygeorge
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| its not a diesese dumb ass |
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MemberSix
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Joeygeorge wrote: | | its not a diesese dumb ass |
Who's he talking to ?
And it's "It's not a desease" - not - "its not a diesese".
Though I can see where you were coming from with the DIEsese spelling. |
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MemberSix
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| One day it WILL be a desease, because one day, we'll be able to cure it. |
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tomamil
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| MemberSix wrote: | | One day it WILL be a desease, because one day, we'll be able to cure it. |
you want to cure it?
imagine a world of aspies in which neurotypicals would be a minority.
we would be called typical and there would be a diagnosis for them.
it's not like there are only disadvantages on our side.
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ghouna
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| I dont want to cure it! I think it gives the world a better balance to have AS around... |
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Joeygeorge
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: SAY NO TO A CURE |
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| only way to prevent our species being born is designer babies, let us go forth and destroy thoses labs cos without aspergers u wouldnt be who u are today |
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ghouna
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YES!!! I am glad i am me!
It was very hard in my childhood and teenage years, but now i am an adult, and i am GREAT! (weird sometimes..) |
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