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amber_missy
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26 Nov 2010, 10:38 am

Morph500 wrote:
What is the point in telling everyone about Autism? For donations?

Other then that i dont see the point of the Spreading autism awareness because when it comes down to it, theres really no point, NTs are 99 percent of the world, 1 percent will never win.


Actually - I'd say that spreading autism / AS awareness is VERY important. Unless someone is motivated to do research on the topic (e.g. they / someone they know is diagnosed), then very little is known about it in the general world.

I am very uncomfortable with individuals asking for donations as they have limited access to spread the word to "the masses". The thought is nice, but as it can only ever really target a limited number of people.

But national and international registered charities who are truly concerned with educating peopl, not those who are deluded into "researching a cure", but those interesed in educating what autism is, how it can affect people / those around them (home/work/school), that it's a spectrum disorder, what that means, how to "interpret" how someone with autism might act / say, how a company can benefit employing people with AS (especially in certain roles), how to reduce bullying in schools / workplaces, etc,.

This would mean that (hopefully), people would reconsider the stereotype of autism (rain man / the cube) and be able to consider each individual person for who they are, re-evaluating the "norm" and acceptance...

Hey - I can dream... ;)



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26 Nov 2010, 12:06 pm

Aspieallien wrote:
I am quite sceptical that AS only make up 1% of the population. As public awareness increases I am sure this figue will increase, as more people with AS seek diagnosis.


1 - This estimate of 1% is not for AS, is for all ASD (the estimates for AS are usually around 0.3%)

2 - More importante, the "1%" does not refer to people efectivly diagnosed (the diagnosed autistics/aspies are probably much less) - these numbers are calculated choosing a sample of the population (for example, all kids of the schools of some town, or a random group of people of all ages) and testing this individuals for AS/ASD. Then, these estimate will be similar to the total share of autistic people, diagnosed and undiagnosed.