Verdandi
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| Dark_Lord_2008 wrote: | | How dare anyone discriminate against Aspergers? They need to be put down like the dogs they are for their cowardice. |
It's like you're not even trying. |
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Dark_Lord_2008
Deinonychus
Joined: May 03, 2011
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| Pro-Aspergers - FTW. Down with the anti-Aspergers critics/heretics. You are either with us or against us. |
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Verdandi
Miss Kitty Fantastico
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It's like you don't even care.
You don't deserve a pizza for this. Or a trophy.
Not even a pizza trophy. |
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Dark_Lord_2008
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Why should I care? I am so sick of discrimination against Aspergers. It sounds to me you support discrimination against Aspergers. Non-aspergers can be cowardly bullies who target Aspergers for no reason. Minority groups including those with Aspergers should not be discriminated against. So what Aspergers are quiet and only talk to people they know and like.
Stand up and fight for your rights and speak out against discrimination against Aspergers. Freedom, liberty and justice for Aspergers. Aspergers only talk to people they know and like. If we do not talk to you we do not know you or do not like you.
You either support Aspergers or you are against Aspergers. |
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cyberdad
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| Dark_Lord_2008 wrote: | | You either support Aspergers or you are against Aspergers. |
I support all autistic and PDD-NOS people. If you are going to be a crusader at least be a little more inclusive, |
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anewman
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| Verdandi wrote: | ^^^--- thank you.
Some government official in England got fairly derisive about a disabled person being on twitter and suggested that being able to tweet meant that they perhaps weren't as disabled as they claimed to be. |
Do tell more, name of Government official please  |
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Verdandi
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Location: University of California Sunnydale (fictional location - Real location Olympia, WA)
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| anewman wrote: | | Verdandi wrote: | ^^^--- thank you.
Some government official in England got fairly derisive about a disabled person being on twitter and suggested that being able to tweet meant that they perhaps weren't as disabled as they claimed to be. |
Do tell more, name of Government official please |
There's a thread in the political subforum (not PPR) about autism speaks that has a reference for this story. At the time I looked it up but I a) do not remember the name and b) don't have the energy to look it up. |
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anewman
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| Verdandi wrote: | | There's a thread in the political subforum (not PPR) about autism speaks that has a reference for this story. At the time I looked it up but I a) do not remember the name and b) don't have the energy to look it up. |
Thanks for the pointer I'll have a search shortly.
| Dark_Lord_2008 wrote: | | Why should I care? I am so sick of discrimination against Aspergers. |
Problem is people do not realise they are discriminating against Asperger's. They think they are discriminating against learned skills, because they arrogantly and selfishly think that they learned them as they grew up, and you didn't. This is something so clearly obvious when you see the spelling and grammar Police on forums criticising and getting nasty towards people with the Neurological condition Dyslexia - who because of their Neurology have difficulty with those things. It's not their fault, but because a "normal" or Neurotypical person feels they learned those skills and "made themselves", they feel justified in treating others they believe did not put the same time and effort in, as sub-human, and to exalt themselves as the superior being. Sadly, this is normal Neurotypical behaviour, and it is part of what made the Human race so successful. Remember one thing that set Humans apart from the Neanderthals was their social ability and competitiveness.
Humans fail to appreciate diversity because they like everyone to be like they are. This is pretty much identical to the Nazi's ethos. But instead of gas chambers, we have social exclusion and unemployment. Almost a veiled apartheid that you can't see - because people aren't looking and they don't care because it doesn't affect them and they have a great life. If there were toilets marked "Neurotypical" and "Non-neurotypical" and different parts of the bus for different people, and there was a rule saying people with Asperger's and similar conditions should not be allowed to work or have benefits - then it would be more clear and obvious and you could stick a picture in the newspaper to highlight the injustice.
We've made great strides in terms of reducing discrimination towards gender, sexuality, age, ethnicity, skin colour, and people with obvious disabilities which do not affect their Neurotypicality, (such as those in wheel chairs, the deaf, the blind). All in a relatively short time. Granted they all still experience discrimination at different levels. To me, as an Aspie, the next stage is better understanding and appreciation of Neurological differences. But I feel at present the only way this would work is with specific legislation naming those disabilities. Hopefully one day the Human race will appreciate Neurodiversity, and we won't continue with this veiled apartheid against those who do not meet with the Neurological norm. |
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MakaylaTheAspie
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I got denied a simple summer job for being honest about myself. Screw you, local movie theatre.
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Dark_Lord_2008
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So sick of bullies at work: colleagues and employers backstabbing you by saying stuff behind your back and treating you like an idiot because of your Aspergers.
Frenemies: enemies pretending to be nice to you but actually hate you because of your Aspergers.
Family regard you as the troubled black sheep of the family because of Aspergers.
Why so much discrimination against Aspergers? Why me pick poor little old me for no reason? Time for Aspergers to be accepted as a special minority group within society. |
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TheygoMew
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| Most everyone gets denied from the start. |
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