Away from the media spotlight, there is a growing number of people who view autism differently. This "neurodiversity" movement sees autism not as a disease that must be treated but as a different way of life that must be accepted and supported. They argue that autism is simply a different way of seeing the world, and that "curing" it is neither possible nor desirable.
In "Loving Lampposts", we will meet the people behind this movement:
http://www.lovinglamppostsmovie.com/
I was just reading about this on a blog, it looks fantastic- I can't wait to see the whole thing.
Wow! I can't wait until this comes out! I would buy it in a second!
This looks very impressive - I'm going to start an email write-around on it.
When and where are "Loving Lampposts" scheduled to be in theaters?
There are books and websites that are supposedly about autism, that appear to also show a positive view of autism, that barely ever mention Asperger syndrome or the many people who describe themselves as having AS rather than "autism". I hope this project wont be just another example of this absurd divide or blind spot or pretence.
There are books and websites that are supposedly about autism, that appear to also show a positive view of autism, that barely ever mention Asperger syndrome or the many people who describe themselves as having AS rather than "autism". I hope this project wont be just another example of this absurd divide or blind spot or pretence.
I think many people don't feel a need to mention it because it is a kind of autism, and when they say "autism" they are referring to all autism spectrum 'disorders'. So in fact, it is not a "divide", as you said, it is the opposite. I know that some people feel AS is completely separate from autism, but it is officially classified as a kind of autism, and I personally feel that AS is just a certain presentation of autism that is fairly common.
Aspies have high verbal intellegence but avarage visual, HFA/LFA have low verbal intellegence but often show high visual intellegence.
I then...
I have both high verbal and visual intelligence, but lower verbal intellegence than most aspies I've seen the score of on the web and lower than Amanda Baggs visual IQ score (according to a single online test).
Am I somewhere in the middle? Or am I neither or both autistic and aspie?
Ignore me.
IMO, the visual/verbal intelligence thing is a self-fulfilling prophesy. If a person has a form of autism that includes low verbal intelligence, they are more likely to have a speech delay, and thus more likely to be categorized as HFA/LFA. If they don't have a speech delay(and presumably higher verbal intelligence), they get categorized as having AS.
True. The AS diagnostic criteria specify that there should be no significant delay in language. If there is, it isn't AS, by definition.
That is something I would pay to see!
The title jumped out at me, my son is obsessed with lampposts!