Aspies For Freedom

So, I'm chatting to a guy about autism, and the documentary I'm filming.

Someone who hadn't participated in the room at all that day, suddenly jumped down my throat.

"Stop that, my son is autistic!"
"So am I, is there a problem?"
"You're a disgrace, autistic people can't talk, you stupid bitch! Stop pretending for attention, some people have to deal with real problems!"


And they call us the retards?  :roll:

Was it caught on camera? It would be good for some NT parents too see themselves in action and see that they are not all saints.
Why do some of them think its fine to attack adult autistics, then want their kids to treated as if they are poor and helpless?

These people will say " oh, my son is autistic.  He will never learn to speak and he does not understand"   then they stop talking to their son.

I'm surprise the person who diagnosed your son tentatively Aspie, didn't say, "Learn all you can about it, because the people who are in the school system and Special Ed aren't going to give a damn about helping your child. So you need to learn all you can, because there will be alot of advocation and PTA meetings to get the point through to those people that your son is a human being, not a pet dog they can just say good-boy at and throw them a treat, and then ignore them when they are bullied or emotionally abused by either the faculty, other students, or both."

Well, I should be surprised. Wouldn't that be something like, non-PC. I mean, nobody who's a professional talks down about the schools, when it comes to kids with disabilities. I mean, nobody would send their children to public schools if they knew what hell it is.

I triple that. It's bad enough to deal with a parent like that on occasion. But to be raised by one... His child does have a real problem, and it's not necessarily the autism.

I agree, we don't see fast enough that some people are just going to be toxic to be with.

Also, I don't think cold, rejecting and demanding parents cause autism but they certainly stop the child from reaching the potential they would have otherwise.

It would be fine if he could meet some nice kids at the school but if there's going to be a lot of bullying and little educational support, homeschooling must be a lot better for him.

So we have trouble with communication? Maybe it''s the NTs who have trouble hearing. It's easier for them to think we can't communicate, then they can pretend they can deal with us in whatever fashion they want to. Like with C.A.N & Autism Speaks.

If it were me, I'd want to read as much as possible about the condition.

Typical of some people to think that talking is the only way of communicating. On the one hand, we are told that talking is the best way of communicating or the only accepted way and then we are told about 80% of communication is non-verbal???

It's very confusing.

One of my friends works in a home looking after adults with autism, including A.S ,  she told me that she did not know about the different traits , and said that she had not studied these because she wants to treat people as individuals. What do folk here think about that ? :!:

Some of them are saints though.  Some of them work really hard.  Not trying to disagree with what Amy said but I think we could have some more focus on the good and not just the bad.  Some families and cares of autistic people do really good things.

Yes I hate morons. So many sterotypes about autism and so much ignorance. I try to be patient and tolerant. It is actually less difficult dealing with blatant ignorance than blatant stupidity though. Ignorance about autism can be resolved with a half-hour chat. Stupidity...?

Is just about inpenetrable, particularly when the person thinks they are smart.

That's ok mate. That is ignorance. When I was first advised that I may have autism I too was ignorant. Once information is given and knowledge learnt then as long as you have the intelligence to process this info you can make constructive alterations in your life and come to terms with it. Unfortunately some people are just dumb and will never get it. Any group of people I talk to who know stuff-all about autism (in general or specifically how it affects me) will have the majority learning something but there is always an exception who at the end of it says something stupid like, "Sounds like they should try harder to learn, so it's psychological, so they're kinda retarded, so they are just like "Rainman" or something similar. I usually see if others are similarly confused, if so I try again to explain. If not I just say, "Exactly! Thanks for listening". I speak in monotones and they do not get the sarcasm. lol