Re: The National Asperger's Society/Sara

[Guest guest]

Hello

>

> This is really interesting and touching. I found myself wanting to

post a comment to cheer him up. Saying that Gates is on the spectrum

is slanderous. I find myself wanting to say " personally insulting " to

> someone with sufficient empathy to give away their fortune to

unhappy and ill people whom they have never met, but I don't want to

upset anyone. This maybe the problem that the NAS finds itself in.

*Isnt something only slanderous only if it is a false comment or said

about them to affect thier reputation?

is

> Sally

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Vicky, I've read it and it's good. I've never read stuff like

that before. i'll keep this too in case I need it. i think it's

important to say to NAS though that people who don't want treatment

are perfectly entitled not to have it (though God know where all these

people are that are trying to treat them - I wish they'd come and help

Tom!) as long as they don't impose their views on others.

* totally agree there, also people who wish to have treatment should

at least be offered heavy metal testing on the NHS.

is

[Guest guest]

It is. I'm afraid that's what I mean is. Purpose is not required --

slander affects someone's reputation for the worse. I'm afraid most

people would think that being said to be on the spectrum affected most

people's reputation for the worse. So, said about someone about whom

there is no evidence to suggest that it is true, it is slanderous.

Sally

atrekkie22 wrote:

>

> Hello

>

> >

> > This is really interesting and touching. I found myself wanting to

> post a comment to cheer him up. Saying that Gates is on the spectrum

> is slanderous. I find myself wanting to say " personally insulting " to

> > someone with sufficient empathy to give away their fortune to

> unhappy and ill people whom they have never met, but I don't want to

> upset anyone. This maybe the problem that the NAS finds itself in.

>

> *Isnt something only slanderous only if it is a false comment or said

> about them to affect thier reputation?

>

> is

> > Sally

>

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09:01

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[Guest guest]

is,

I've been thinking about this today, and what I would think if Bill

Gates announced himself, today, that he has asperger's.

I don't think I would I would think less of him at all - he is who he

is (and more importantly, he does what he does) whether the asperger's

label is correctly attached to him or not.

However, I do think it's specious for people with a condition to

diagnose others with it from afar. Most importantly, I think (was it

Sara who said this whole way of thinking was not helpful as teachers

expecting Bill Gates but encountering her son were going to be

surprised?) it is very misleading, and it conveys a sort of

desperation for positive affiliation.

I read statistics somewhere that a substantial proportion of people

with asperger's are not employed as adults (although for the life of

me now I can't find the website - you will probably know the answer to

this). That's a far cry from Bill Gates. I think it would be better

to wait for successful adults who *have* been diagnosed as

aspergerians to come forward and demonstrate to the world that being

an aspie can mean many different things than to recruit people who

have not been diagnosed, or who wish to keep any diagnosis private.

> > *Isnt something only slanderous only if it is a false comment or said

> > about them to affect thier reputation?

> >

> > is

> > > Sally

> >