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TheWeirdPig
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20 Oct 2010, 1:07 pm

LostAndFound wrote:
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I ask if I was abused because I was different, or am I different because I was abused? What is everyone's take?


You were abused because of evil in other people, a more attractive target because you were different, and more different now because you were abused. It is best if us "different" people can have some kind of partner or advocate in life to help us be less vulnerable, better protected...but that is not too easy to find either since we are...well...different. :?


It makes sense that both being different and being abused affect who I am today. The abuse may have created a different kind of "differentness".

And just because someone has AS doesn't mean they WILL be abused or bullied. I'm just wondering if there is some sort of data?



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20 Oct 2010, 1:11 pm

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When people hear autism, ADD, learning disability they assume that means those people are dumb. Well maybe THEY are the ones who are dumb then right?


This could be true. Unfortunately, God or genetics or something else gave these "dumb" people size, girth, and muscles. It doesn't seem quite fair.