Aspies For Freedom

I think some of that silicone migrated up into her brain...

Is Jenny McCarthy supposed to be considered "hot" to the average heterosexual male? I always thought she kind of looked like a transvestite (i.e., she has a very masculine facial structure).

I don't ussally comment here but I got to say this. I think that Jenny is speaking from her experiences that have molded her judgement system and values. Her life experience, where people are totally judged in the entertainment industry by the way they look.  She is totally dependent on her looks for a source of income.  When your whole sense of worth is your body and face and being sexualy appealing, well a son on the spectrum has shook her whole concept of worth.  She loves her child but can only see him as whole if he is normal and can play the game in her Hollywood world experience.  Which is look good and project an image that is acceptable to the camera.  I think her un-acceptance to see the beauty in her son the way he is, is an indication of her values molded by Hollywood.  She is really angry that fate dealt her this kid and want to blame someone, something and make them pay. She and a lot of parents get caught up in the GAME of more money and stuff can not accept that they could produce a child who can't be fighting on in their name and legacy for the battle to the top of the food chain.  Hence the attitude He's to "come out of it" and cure mania.  Just a thought.  
[/php]I do hope she learns to see her boy, not the "Makeover Project" she seems to be fixated on.  Her book is named "Louder than Words". More than words is the name of the class the ABA people teach at UCLA and around the USA.  I just got a letter that she Jenny McCartney will be the speaker at a local Autism/Asperger's Conference in my home town (Phoenix) organized by the Autism Society of America. Other sponsers of this event are Recovering Our Kids, DAN, ACT!-Today (az chapter) and ASU Autism/Asperger's Research Program.  Don't it sound like a den of enlighten minds!!  It makes me sick how these groups can get funds and organize.  Blickie
Anyone want to plan a peaceful demonstration.
Here's the invitation:  Special Workshop for Adults with Asperger's/High Functioning Autism May 3, 9-noon-see http://www.phxautism.org for more information

I don't usally don't comment here but I got to say this. I think that Jenny is speaking from her experiences that have molded her judgement system and values. Her life experience, where people are totally judged in the entertainment industry by the way they look.  She is totally dependent on her looks for a source of income.  When your whole sense of worth is your body and face and being sexualy appealing, well a son on the spectrum has shook her whole concept of worth.  She loves her child but can only see him as whole if he is normal and can play the game in her Hollywood world experience.  Which is look good and project an image that is acceptable to the camera.  I think her un-acceptance to see the beauty in her son the way he is, is an indication of her values molded by Hollywood.  She is really angry that fate dealt her this kid and want to blame someone, something and make them pay. She and a lot of parents get caught up in the GAME of more money and stuff can not accept that they could produce a child who can't be fighting on in their name and legacy for the battle to the top of the food chain.  Hence the attitude He's to "come out of it" and cure mania.  Just a thought.  
[/php]I do hope she learns to see her boy, not the "Makeover Project" she seems to be fixated on.  Her book is named "Louder than Words". More than words is the name of the class the ABA people teach at UCLA and around the USA.  I just got a letter that she Jenny McCartney will be the speaker at a local Autism/Asperger's Conference in my home town (Phoenix) organized by the Autism Society of America. Other sponsers of this event are Recovering Our Kids, DAN, ACT!-Today (az chapter) and ASU Autism/Asperger's Research Program.  Don't it sound like a den of enlighten minds!!  It makes me sick how these groups can get funds and organize.  Blickie
Anyone want to plan a peaceful demonstration.
Here's the invitation:  Special Workshop for Adults with Asperger's/High Functioning Autism May 3, 9-noon-see http://www.phxautism.org for more information
Is the CNN clip on You Tube?????

I'm not sure if that is a good link or not.  This group did organize the parents of aspies and auties to pressure  state legislation to force insurance companies to pay fo dx's cost and therapy's for children with autism.  And the state  pass it, but this group is pro cure and supports ABA therapy.  It was a big part of the bill that got pushed thru and passed.  I think you can learn from anyone even if its what not to do.

She probably doesn't know how to work this strange series of tubes.

My comment wasn't meant to be an insult, it was just one of those late-night brain farts that popped into my head when I saw that huge picture of her on the screen.

Beyond that comment, it actually got me thinking more deeply - I know that she used to be Playmate of the year, but I also know that men, in general, tend to prefer feminine traits in women. Jenny McCarthy has a square jaw, large chin, and strong cheekbones, which are traits normally associated with masculinity (this is not an insult, it is an observation). Her body also appears to have very little fat, another masculine characteristic.

Isn't it paradoxical, in a sense, that while scientific studies have repeatedly shown that heterosexual males prefer more feminine females in "real life", those who get paid to be beautiful (not just Jenny McCarthy, but nearly all supermodels and a sizable portion of actresses) show very few of those associated traits? Additionally, while men seem to lust over masculine-looking women in magazines, a similar-looking woman who used to be a man will almost invariably be rejected. Weird.

In case you're wondering, I find human sexuality to be fascinating (despite being asexual myself).

Joker, what about the curebie woman who came onto these forums and posted some bad comments insulting Gareth and Amy? I think her comments were not only uncalled for but very disrespectful of the time and effort the founders of this site have put in over the last several years.

The comments made her look far less intelligent than she probably was.
I think she might eventually have been banned.

Unfortunately yes. Not that I think Jenny McCarthy is ugly. Mind you, that later picture of her with the caked on make-up didn't look so good. But there is no doubting she is a handsome woman.

It is just a shame that people often express anger when they are fearful. It is very understandable that Jenny McCarthy is fearful for the future of her son. If she could have said "I worry every day that my son won't be able to get a job when he grows up, be able to leave home, find a girlfriend if he wants one etc.", I think it would have come across better.

But then it wouldn't have made such an impact on a media that thrives on controversy and hyperbole. It's also likely that she has been indoctrinated by the
people in Autism Speaks and it is because they offer some kind of hope, no matter how misguided and even harmful their ideas are.

Wilky.

I put botox in the same category as plastic surgery. It was a process that was created for one purpose - and celebrities are using it for a different purpose entirely.

Isn't that one poor quality, Morning? *ROTFLMAO*

And his ability to handle a rifle proved that didn't it? *LMAO!*

"Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting pollies! Hahahahahaha!"

*ROTFLMAO*

*collapses with laughter*

That's it! You win, Morning! I can't top that one!