I read this article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...4&ito=1490
and wrote this in response
My attention was drawn to this paragraph:
"Over half a million people in the UK suffer from autism, which leaves them struggling to communicate effectively. Boys are four times more likely to develop it than girls and there is no known cause and no cure."
1. I don't 'suffer' from autism
2. I can communicate just fine when people compromise and accept my ways of communication as well as me accpeting theirs. Problems generally occur when NTs enforce their way of communication in people with autism and are totally unwilling to make any adaptations.
Somone responded to me with
Oh hush, you. We've heard it a million times before, and it's not what this thread is about. If you want to whine about the details, make a new thread in the appropriate forum. But since we're talking about it:
"Suffering" is a generic term that is not intended to suggest that you're really terribly unhappy about it. It lends itself to plenty of jokes, but taking it too seriously results in wankery like this.
You can communicate just fine given X and Y and Z, and .... Wait, when do these conditions occur? The point is that you will invariably have difficulty communicating with the average Joe who doesn't have a clue what you're on about or care to understand why you're so different. Sorry, just don't take it personally.
Back on topic: I had something like this done when I was a kid (I think it was only like 64 electrodes?), and that's how I was diagnosed. But I wasn't nearly as young as that girl. I was in 4th grade. Anyway, I'm curious to see what this study will reveal.
Why are people mean and why did he use bad language to me?
I can't use regular fora because of my learning difficulties and because I get bullied. If I can't use places like WP then where can I go?
I am not able to socialise IRL so there is nothing left for me if online autistic people don't want me either.
What am I supposed to do? Why do people hate me?
Is it because I have learning difficulties and aspies are supposed to be above average intelligence? Am I an embarrassment?
Please help, I'm so upset.
I'm so sorry this happened to you. I do not know why some people are so mean. I do, however, know that I decided to stay well away from Wrong Planet - despite the cool name - as I got really bad vibes from reading some of the posts.
Not very helpful, I know. Sorry. I just tend to steer clear of groups of people who seem to like being nasty.
Thanks everyone.
I know that WP is not anti-cure - and as I only got diagnosed at 24 this was part of the attraction for me initially because I had not, at that time, done much research on the spectrum and had not yet formed an opinion as to whether or not I was anti-cure. So it was nice to be around other people who were also not sure and who had not 100% made up their mind yet.
But the more I learnet about autism and disability equality, the more I moved towards becoming anti-cure.
I have made a few friends from WP, some of whom I've met in person and who are great - but other than this I am feeling more and more like I just don't belong there anymore, which is a shame because I was there for a couple of years and was mostly happy there until recently.
But I am glad that there are nice people here, and I do find that I want to post here a lot more than I want to post on WP now.
Thanks Rossco - I won't go to I2.
I will stay in contact with my friends from WP but I don't think I will bother posting in the forum anymore.
I'm still trying to find a forum for people with mild learning difficulties, but no such thing seems to exist.
It would be great if there were a community specifically for non-high functioning autistics with learning difficulties.
As much as I like AFF, I often feel like I am too stupid to contribute to some topics and I'm scared I'll embarrass myself.
Thanks KingdomOfRats.
I agree that WP is an okay place most of the time - I wouldn't have posted there so much in the past otherwise.
I think part of the problem is that, like a lot of people with learning difficulties, I have been bullied at various points in my life so I often have low self-esteem and am very sensitive these days - one of my friends said I should be more resilient but I don't know how. I asked him how and he couldn't tell me.
I spoke to someone on WP about it - who has helped me before when someone was sending me offensive PMs and she has asked one of the new moderators to look out for me which was really nice of her.
I have made some good friends on WP so I will certainly use it to stay in contact with them.
As for posting in fora, I might post if it is a thread started by or with a lot of replies by my friends on WP, but I will be more cautious of posting on threads containing people I don't really know yet.
I'm glad I found AFF though, I like it here (and for the record, I've never said bad things about AFF on WP!)
WP is full of assholes. I ignore the attacks usually but now I like fighting with them or saying something good back because it's fun and people seem to like it on I2. That's how my karma went up.
Natalie, I thought you said you left WP because there was too many posts and you couldn't keep up?
Oh and not everyone on WP are assholes. There are good people there too.
Natalie, I thought you said you left WP because there was too many posts and you couldn't keep up?
That is true as well. Whenever I was gone for a few hours and came back, there would be like 600 new posts to look at, and a good portion of them would be arguments, bullying, or flame wars. It is difficult for me to deal with extremely large, busy online environments (I don't see them as very different from real-life environments of a similar nature), and coupled with the general negativity I witnessed, it was all very intimidating to me.
I don't read all threads there, I only read some of them. And I love dramas and all because they are very interesting and I like to see who wins or how far it will go. But there are some I don't like, like when an innocent MFA autistic got attacked there by two people AFAIK and I haven't liked them ever since. I haven't seen her posted there either since then and I don't blame her.
ZOMG has some interest but I've only ever been there in the capacity of a guest poster. I have a really good friend who is a member but he had some really big fights with some people on WP and nearly got banned.
That is why I don't pick fights with assholes there and have to be cautious about it when I do by censoring myself.
Who was the friend?
WP is full of assholes. I ignore the attacks usually but now I like fighting with them or saying something good back because it's fun and people seem to like it on I2. That's how my karma went up.
Come be my friend. I'll be nice on WP. (When I'm there.)
This thread was just taken over to WP. He said they owe her an apology and I said the people who owe her one are the ones who were rude to her. I think it was just one person though.
I hope you don't mean aliengirl there ian.
As for wrongplanet, don't take it to heart, I joined WP the other day, made a brief introductory post, under a different name (tsathoggua) in case of any partisan bullshit arising, posted one or two other posts, went out to the shop, and got promptly banned, with no explanation.
It isn't you hun, you rawk!, but some people over there have obviously got their heads up their own arses
And that color scheme is vile.
What got you banned? I saw your posts and didn't see anything wrong with them.
I still don't see why you were banned. People get banned for no reason. But not to worry because lot of people get banned from there. But you can always create another screen name or are you IP banned?
Well, you're entitled to your own opinion but I was on WP for a long time and it was known that I was one of the more vulnerable members and I was told by the moderators that as a vulnerable person I was welcome there and that the community was suitable and safe for people such as myself.
Also it is not really fair to tell someone when they should and shouldn't be upset as this is very much an individual thing and this person could simply have restrained themselves from being rude or even posting their comment at all. I particularly thought the use of bad language was uncalled for.
I don't really see how I cannot take it personally when it was clearly directed at me.
Additionally, this is only part of the text and is only one example.
I have been subjected to bullying on WP.
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