10-08-2007, 01:23 AM
This is something I was wondering about recently--do you think that the general public has a better or worse(or about the same) view of autism now than they did a couple of years ago.
10-08-2007, 01:23 AM
10-08-2007, 01:44 AM
I think its about the same, but I also believe that allot more people are joining the public opinion, making it stronger than it was a few years ago. But the opinion itself is about the same. Just stronger.
10-08-2007, 11:56 AM
Worse - thanks partly to the mercury militia.
10-08-2007, 12:43 PM
Curebie militia too.
But I'd say things could certainly have been much bader before when it was little information, and the little that was said told that autism was terrible. If I look in my norwegian lexicon from 1990 it says "autistic children (like autistic adults didn't exist) are children who have an extreme lack of contact with reality, and seem to only remain in their own world".
However, I think aspies might have thrived alot better earlier. They would be less likely to get diagnosed and get any of the stigma, and it would be less likely that school and parents would want to do *something* about their behavior if there weren't a diagnosis. There are many wrong things parents and school can do for autistic children to put it simple.
The school system is also said to have been alot more autism friendly earlier.
But I'd say things could certainly have been much bader before when it was little information, and the little that was said told that autism was terrible. If I look in my norwegian lexicon from 1990 it says "autistic children (like autistic adults didn't exist) are children who have an extreme lack of contact with reality, and seem to only remain in their own world".
However, I think aspies might have thrived alot better earlier. They would be less likely to get diagnosed and get any of the stigma, and it would be less likely that school and parents would want to do *something* about their behavior if there weren't a diagnosis. There are many wrong things parents and school can do for autistic children to put it simple.
The school system is also said to have been alot more autism friendly earlier.
10-09-2007, 09:11 AM
I thought the mercury hypothesis had well and truly been discredited by now. Seems to me that ignorance certainly isn't bliss in this context.
10-09-2007, 11:52 AM
The trouble is that the mercury militia just refuse to get the message and spout their pathetic conspiracy theories to back it up. And they promote improvement (which does happen) as cure which doesn't help!
10-09-2007, 11:59 AM
erkolos Wrote:
Curebie militia too.
But I'd say things could certainly have been much bader before when it was little information, and the little that was said told that autism was terrible. If I look in my norwegian lexicon from 1990 it says "autistic children (like autistic adults didn't exist) are children who have an extreme lack of contact with reality, and seem to only remain in their own world".
However, I think aspies might have thrived alot better earlier. They would be less likely to get diagnosed and get any of the stigma, and it would be less likely that school and parents would want to do *something* about their behavior if there weren't a diagnosis. There are many wrong things parents and school can do for autistic children to put it simple.
The school system is also said to have been alot more autism friendly earlier.
But I'd say things could certainly have been much bader before when it was little information, and the little that was said told that autism was terrible. If I look in my norwegian lexicon from 1990 it says "autistic children (like autistic adults didn't exist) are children who have an extreme lack of contact with reality, and seem to only remain in their own world".
However, I think aspies might have thrived alot better earlier. They would be less likely to get diagnosed and get any of the stigma, and it would be less likely that school and parents would want to do *something* about their behavior if there weren't a diagnosis. There are many wrong things parents and school can do for autistic children to put it simple.
The school system is also said to have been alot more autism friendly earlier.
You are right, Erkolos. The old school system was way better than the modern one. It was much more structured and strict, which made it far easler for us to fit in. Also, there was not the perception that all children should be treated as clones - the uniforms might be the same but children were all expected to be different.