Aspies For Freedom

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An example of 'autistic' being used as an insult on the Big Brother forum. Mikey, for those who dont watch BB, rather slurs his words and is sometimes difficult to decipher. This is apparently enough for 'whoherelikescheese' to describe his voice as autistic.

Grr!

Yeah, but does he mean Cheese the food, or Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The Cheese character on the show does act sort of Autie, so it'd be rather ironic if he liked that character yet also was hating on people similar to him. Just a random thought.

Seriously, who cares? The person on that forum just sounds like an ignorant dumbass!

I've come across this at a local parents group, if there's someone they don't like that has done something to offend them they'll say "I bet they're on the spectrum" and all laugh. I've complained and it's died down a little but really they should know better.
Last night I was watching room 101 on BBC 2 and the guest described someone as autistic as an insult. I've also seen it on a couple of other shows but not recently. I think it's something that's growing a bit like the insult "gay" .

My daughter tells me that to call someone a "fat autie" is one of the newer insults the jocks at her high school have come up with.  Lauren hangs out with a group of other kids who are either on the spectrum or close (how I wish I'd been able to find a group of friends like that when I was her age!  I felt like I was the only one) and that's the latest of a long line of "sweet nothings" that gets thrown at them all.  And it's ridiculous, as most of the kids I've met are like bean-poles, without a spare gram of fat on them.
Alison

Have you complained to the school? I'm sure if you tell them, you may also consider telling the media about the abusive environment they allow in their school. Also perhaps ask why they feel that popular kids roving around, and putting down others is condusive to an education.

Oh, I have complained, believe me.  The only problem is that the school "can't do anything about it" unless the teenagers in question are caught being abusive (verbally or physically) and when I inquired as to where the teachers are when this is going on (usually lunchtime or recess) was told "they can't be everywhere".  

Lauren is going to a new school for her next two years of education, a private one which we've heard good reports of.

Alison

Yeah I know how that is and then, it's like "Well fine if you want to be remembered as the school some future jailbird derelict came from."

They can do something about it but are simply unwilling. My parents were told when I was in high school that the school has a "no bullying" policy which meant that I couldn't have been bullied.

No-Bullying Policy

If you're lucky then we'll tell them not to do it again, if not you can handle it on your own.

That seems to be the general consenus among schools at the moment.

In this case it was "we have a no bullying policy, this means that bullying doesn't happen here so you must be making things up". It makes no sense whatsoever.

It's just more infantile doublespeak the school can use, in order to hide out from responsiblity.