Re: studying how to prevent us- flipping the script!

[Guest guest]

Ettina,

That sounds so fun to read! I would definitely be interested.

abnormaldiversity wrote:

I've written a short story about an allistic (non-autistic, includes

non-NT non-autistics like DS people and is less defined by social

context) girl in a society where autistic is neurotypical. She's

diagnosed as having allism due to difficulty with maintaining

interest and with social interaction (hypersociability and

inappropriate behavior). It's written from the perspective of her

mother, who *really* doesn't understand her.

Ettina

PS: I submitted it to a contest. If you want to read it, wait until

the contest's over (probably at end of February) - at which point if

it's accepted I'll link to it and if not I'll post it on my blog.

> " benefit of intensive and early therapy on the mysterious

disorder. "

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> If I read that right they are trying to teach autistics to be NT...

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[Guest guest]

A lot of NTs secretely like 'uncool' things, but are so concerned

about fitting in that they won't admit it.

Plenty of NT girls enjoy math until they learn to feel ashamed of

liking it. This is something feminists have a lot to say about.

I think evryone, NT or ND, would benefit from accepting diversity (as

long as we don't require you to have a label for your 'difference' to

get acceptance).

Autistics tend to be less social, and thereby less affected by peer

pressure, but I think a bigger factor is that no matter how hard they

try most autistics won't be popular in the standard format without

help. Even 'high functioning' autistics. So we're more likely to

go 'screw this! I'll just be myself' because we don't have as much of

a chance in the first place.

Ettina

> --- I do not WANT TO be NT!

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