A Rant from an Autistic

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Something which gets me really riled up is the way in which we with Autism, from the almost Neuro typical people to the people at the furthest other end of the spectrum, are portrayed. Today the BBC have published an article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13539922) which states: "The brains of people with autism are chemically different to healthy ones, according to researchers." does this mean that we are ill, for if we are not healthy we must be! I urge you, online community, to see those of us with autism as normal people, but with less of an ability to communicate properly. Apologies for this, it just really rattle's my cage!
 
Over the years there have been many reports like this. Some incredibly offensive statements. I find it best to focus on the good progress that's being made in research, rather than media crap or poorly worded articles. I totally agree with you though!
 
Sometimes medical/scientific people can be awfully cold in their choice of words and show little or no feelings.
A few years ago we suffered a miscarriage (would have been our first child), the nurses described it as an abortion, technically it was, didnt go a long way to helping us feel at ease with a natural process that sometimes happens.

Matt
 
I see autism as on a spectrum - as I suspect I have mild aspects of it myself (though in my case it may just be only-child-ness)! It is daft when it is seen as an affliction - it's just another variation in how some people are made up.

Despite the rampant sexism, I like the idea of the spectrum which goes from extremely 'female' to extremely 'male' as it places all 'normal' people somewhere along the line from INCREDIBLY emotionally aware, distractable & communicative to incredibly emotionally UNaware, focussed and unable/unwilling to communicate, with the average woman hanging a little towards the left and man a little towards the right.
 
"The brains of people with autism are chemically different to people that don't have autism, according to researchers."

I think that would have been a better way to word the statement as it remains factual but doesn't make autism out to be "wrong", that's IMHO of course.
 
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