Okay, but you said...

"any therapeutic methods which are used to help autistic children with activities of daily living and coping skills."

And the people who advocate these "treatments" claim they do exactly that. If you really are opposed to this, you need to make it absolutely clear that you're opposed to it at all times, because these kinds of things are highly entrenched, and the people who are claiming that we're trying to stop treatment more often than not DO have these things in mind. Saying "I oppose a lot of the false treatments for autistic people that are in place now, but I recognize that some kind of treatment is usually necessary" communicates a very different message. This is not nitpicking either, because these kinds of ideas translate directly into the lives of other people.

I can absolutely accept that what you've just said is what you actually mean, but it's important  not to try to tone this down just to try to stop people from misrepresenting you or people with similar viewpoints. Protip: People are going to try to misrepresent you anyway.

I was responding to ericj1985, who posted in this topic, and who I quoted. I don't consider trying to defend young children from abuse "arguing for the sake of arguing" either, and putting out statements like "I highly doubt that... (higher functioning autistics) opposes any therapeutic methods..." is going to, at the very least, ENABLE those kinds of things.

This post was last modified: 03-31-2010 04:17 AM by q w e r t y.