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July 31, 2008, 7:40 pm PDT
High functioning autism
Quote From: feistydHi Yoshi,
Every child is 'special'. What happened in that classroom should not have happened regardless of his diagnosis (btw he has been diagnosed as ADHD and AS).
I'm sorry if I come across as harsh, but alot of us with Asperger's Syndrome are tired of being treated as if we're idiots, because people want to associate us with children who have Autism.
I guess I have been fortunate in that I am not treated like an idiot. I have a son with high functioning autism. Yes to an uninformed person he might come across as stupid -he does stupid things -who doesn't. It is not the case however he is very clever. Although it is understandable because of some stigma associated with autism, why the attiude about association. Aspergers syndrome is a type of autism. I think everybody has their autistic bits - I am excessively nauseated by the smell of HP sauce. As someone championing neurodiversity perhaps you should be celebrating your differences from the "normal" whatever that is. Even very autistic people with severe behaviours can be intelligent, and you don't have to have aspergers to be treated like an idiot. I have had experiences of being treated like an utter moron when I was an attractive young blonde.... I might add by older men that I could run rings around academically
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