Re: Autism story

[Guest guest]

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> Last night on the NBC news, described autism as " a

> horrible condition. "

He was probably talking of the really 'deep' type of autism and that

probably is horrible for the person afflicted, since they're usually unable

to express themselves. That alone must be extremely frustrating. There might

well be a great mind in there, but it's locked up. I don't think he was

necessarily talking about Aspies. Mainstream people don't seem to consider

Asperger's true autism.

The whole broadcast made it sound like a panic

> situation, that there were no redeeming aspects to our condition, and

> that the focus in treatment should be a cure.

There needs to be a way to help people express themselves who are

non-verbal. Some are doing so by writing or typing.

> Take a pill and " fix " a genetic code? Would that mean I could pop a

> pill and change my hair color?

At first glance that sounds like a cool idea. Go from straight to curly,

too.

D.

[Guest guest]

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> > Last night on the NBC news, described autism as " a

> > horrible condition. "

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> He was probably talking of the really 'deep' type of autism and

> that probably is horrible for the person afflicted, since they're

> usually unable to express themselves. That alone must be extremely

> frustrating. There might well be a great mind in there, but it's

> locked up. I don't think he was necessarily talking about Aspies.

> Mainstream people don't seem to consider Asperger's true autism.

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I bet people like Baggs (ballastexistenz.autistics.org) would

disagree about how terrible it is to have 'deep' autism.

Ettina