Another Comment Regarding Autism

“Autism is not a disease to be cured, autism is normal.” Abhijit Naskar, Palace of Grace
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Published by ali redford

I love dogs and people. I want living creatures to thrive. I love to cook, and share the food, but ya gotta get in line in front of the dog.

14 thoughts on “Another Comment Regarding Autism”

  2. I am autistic, as is my daughter and all three of my grandkids. We are not diseased. We simply see the world differently. Sometimes that difference requires accomodations. It always requires acceptance. Why is that so hard for society?

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    1. I don’t know. I remember when my family first got acquainted with the existence of autism; Sylvester Stallone’s child was diagnosed, and it hit all the women’s magazines. My recollection is that his child is/was described as profoundly autistic; at the time, the treatment tended toward institutionalization. Things have progressed since then, but I really think enough people aren’t aware of how many autistic people they know, so they still consider it to be a dread, shut-in condition as opposed to simply being. This is a quick synopsis of what I see, brief for a comment.
      It’s why I am really loving Barry’s work; I wish I’d had that while I was working the after school, though those kids and the school social worker taught me a great deal of how to make things easier for neurodivergent kiddoes. It really, after I learned about the differing sensations and initial perceptions, and masking, was not so different, conceptually, from providing gluten-free or allergy-free snacks for the kiddoes who needed those. But Barry’s work, and when you sometimes write about autism, really help me on a continuing basis.

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      1. One of my grandsons is “selectively mute” and as such, needs significant accommodations. The other two grandkids, though autistic, are at least as capable of functioning in the world as am I. My daughter has a Masters degree. Like most things in biology, it’s a spectrum. It’s not that hard to understand. The thing is, most people don’t want to understand difference. They want to obliterate it.
        They want to treat autistic people just like they are currently treating trans people. Genocide is not too strong a word.

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        1. I think you’re correct about that, Janet. It’s always the same-nothing changes until they look around and see someone close to them, then it changes. A bit, anyway.
          But we don’t have to hurt each other over it. That’s the part I have trouble with.

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  3. Hi Ali; I’m far too routinely shocked and embarrassed by the incompetence and utter unprofessionalism exhibited by this president and his march of clowns. This is dangerous, and I would think slanderous, of a country’s leader to be so flippant with their position and whatever credibility that position should hold. But, good thing ole doc oz was there to present his newest “miracle cure”.

    Hugs;

    randy

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      1. He didn’t really do that. I did have to look it up because this is the first time I heard it, but the goog says he never suggested that. He did say he had to taste it during medical training.
        And that doesn’t Exonerate him from the many false medical claims he’s actually made.

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