Aspies For Freedom

Well....I suppose it would be considered a "nice" area, as crime would be low: P

Which means...that rich NT's would attempt to move there. Which would defeat the whole purpose.

However, are you familiar with the concept of "Gated Communities"?


I still think that the "buy an island" theory is still the best one...

And of course...we would need good internet links (not hard to do, just lay down some fibres)

easy access to assistance would,again,be a necessity: as Dino Heretic pointed out,not all of us are...entirely self sufficient....

we would need a method to either eject or cauterize...external irritancies (IE,random chavs wandering in and causing trouble).

we would require internal educational facilities, and find a way to make them exclusive:placing "Special Educational Needs" in the name usually deters even the most persistant of parents....or,indeed,for that matter,Gifted..

would we be excluding other forms of Autism? i think that would be a bad idea. "not speaking,is not the same as having nothing to say".
many LFAs have proved that they are not stupid,they are...actually,i must admit to feeling slightly threatened by the power of their writing:
A lot of it is very intelligent and generally thought provoking stuff: I don’t mind admitting that some of the essays have made me challenge my preconceptions, and, indeed, my prejudices.

roads: would we have roads? if so,how wide? or will we be riding community segways,or bicycles....or even having "moving roads",instead of pavements?

Streetlights: would we have them? if so,what colour? that sickly orange/yellow? or the painful blue/white?

green areas: how many? what size?

librarys: sorry,but we would need one of these. complete with reference books,novels,microfilm and occult section

public access terminals: free to use internet terminals: to have or not to have?

outsiders:

we would have a few options here: a couple being

Total Exception
residents would have to carry ID or a badge to be able to enter buildings: random checks on people who look like trouble,or loitering.
no outsiders permitted

Pros:
very,very low crime
a feeling of safety
Cons:
could be accused of a "cult" like practice
having to carry papers i know i would lose mine in...minutes.
1984...?

Curfew

residents may go anywhere,at anytime.however,after a set time,ID must be avalible-outsiders present after curfew would either be escorted to the place where they are staying,or taken "off site"

Pros:
would allow for visitors;removes possible accusations of cult activities

Cons:
nowhere near as secure
harder to enforce

the problem with both models,is,of course,the ID.
whats to prevent someone losing their ID,or,indeed,what about people who would simply refuse to carry it
well,whilst the community is small,it would still be possible for everyone to know everyone;however,as it grew,this would be harder and harder.

and of course,who would enforce it?


as an aside,I am not spellchecking that,or doing my grammer.too much work :p

i do want feedback,btw XD

oh duh...why didnt i think of the surname/number combo..?

and then a database pops up on the "officers" PDA or whatever,with a picture and a question (ie: place of birth,mothers name etc)

hell,that was a brief summary

I'm thinking of consigning all my "Autistic Utopia" ideas to a word document, as well as outlining the technical concepts behind some of my ramblings ie:how to make a feasible "moving pavement",which would allow me to work out costs and power consumption

waddya reckon,do it or no?

well,i am now writing a document discussing the "Infinity Island" concept,the concept of creating an autistic neighbourhood,and the idea of a gated community for spectrumites.
the library here is gone,so i will send it to autistics.org,and uh,erkolos,if I could get your input, ideas and feedback,i would greatly appreciate that

indeed Zakkie!

we may have had...issues..in the past,but anyones input is welcomed.

so far i have discussed the island concept,along with resource issues,which i want to get out of the way first.

then i can start with the nice stuff

i thought we did...when you and Max were arguing,i kinda..sided with max :$

Why do we need a "self-sustaining" city, or a seperate city?  Instead, my theory is that enough of us in an urban area would give us alot more political and economic power.  

1.  We can use existing built enviroment, so there is no need to take the time and effort to build new buildings/utilities.  
2.  Urban area because that allows us to build our "social enviroment" in an area which is centrally located for us ("residents")
3.  An urban area allows us to take advantage of existing transportation and economic networks.  

Thoughts?

erkolos, city life may be stressful, but that negative point is outweighed by the fact that it would take an urbanizied area to produce the density of our own "services" that we would want.  

Assuming that aspies are 1% of the population, we would need thousands of people within a given radius to support our own "society".  I believe the most effective way to generate the required density is to use existing urban areas.

Actually, I think giant legos would serve as a visual reference for our community.

Ummm...I realize that "giant legos" sound like "puzzle pieces", perhaps another symbol would be in order.

I happen to agree with the "Neighborhood" concept.  If it were in the states, I'd be moving there.

Ian,

The con artists and thieves would descend on us very quickly (sad fact of life).  But you were being sarcastic, so you know that already.  

Grizeldatee,
I think there would have to be a "critical mass" to really get things going.  I have no idea how many that would be.  Depends on lots of factors.

just get him talking about Midgar, ShinRa and the like, and he'll let you through

There is no problem with money and fame, it's one of the best motivators out there.  Any good capitalist knows that.  

Besides, that's what I want keeping an eye on Neuro City, someone who understands humanity.

Why do I suddenly have the vision of the Neuro City Power Company?