Comments | sasha_lilyrat: Apologies for two depressing posts in a row, but this is important

sasha_lilyrat

Apologies for two depressing posts in a row, but this is important

Jul 11, 2008 15:36

I'm not usually the type to sign online petitions - they rarely make any difference - but I must make an exception for this.

http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/autism-speaks-dont-speak-for-me/index.php

On May 9th 2006, Autism Speaks launched a film ( Read more... )

lj: public post, type: rants, issues: autism

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sasha_lilyrat July 11 2008, 15:31:39 UTC

Thank you. <3

Yep, this is their usual bullshit. The sad thing is that this is the prevailing attitude towards Autism, at least in the US, and so the big fucked-up charities like this get all the money and publicity to spread their ignorance about, while the actual Autistic people are constantly silenced. Which just makes the name so ironic.

Y.

pockyandkoalas July 11 2008, 15:42:25 UTC

*signs*
So is your mother a bad parent for not harboring a desire to murder you and autistic people never achieve anything? This is a very interesting charity/awareness group...

sasha_lilyrat July 11 2008, 15:51:40 UTC

My mother is proud of me and my brother for our Aspergers, and is glad we're not 'normal'. OMG SHE IS A TERRIBLE PARENT!

This is a very interesting charity/awareness group...
This isn't even the half of it. *points to comment above*

(Thanks <3)

joulez217 July 11 2008, 15:49:15 UTC

Have signed the petition cause seriously, its the mother that was bloody sick in that article not the child!

sasha_lilyrat July 11 2008, 15:52:08 UTC

WORD. Thanks for signing.

joulez217 July 11 2008, 15:55:03 UTC

Welcome!

malicious_pengy July 12 2008, 02:46:16 UTC

*puts on boxing gloves* *puts on facemask* *entire umpire outfit* *prepares written statements of apology, and alibis ( ... )

This took me way too long to write and it probably has awful sentence structure sasha_lilyrat July 12 2008, 14:13:45 UTC

I'm not saying that Autism never causes problems, or that autistic people are never unhappy about it. God knows I've been through hell with my autism, and I'm on the 'mild' end of the spectrum. I'm saying that creating and manipulating a documentary to purely focus on the negative things, when there is already such a stigma attached to Autism, is utterly revolting and only serves to cause MORE difficulties for autistic people, because it affects the way society views us ( ... )

s awful sentence structure malicious_pengy July 12 2008, 15:24:51 UTC

Okay, here we go again. I really did not want to check my email this morning, because I hate fighting and I hate arguing ( ... )

Re: s awful sentence structure sasha_lilyrat July 12 2008, 15:39:24 UTC

Yes, I've met disability pride people. The reason I described nerve damage as 'clearly a disability' is because you said it affects your happiness and quality of life. You want to go hiking (which is fair enough). So it's a disability for you. It's not a disability for Erica because she's happy with it. That's what I was getting at. A 'disability' is only a disability if the person in question feels it is, which obviously I don't. (For the record I'm inclined to agree with your friends; the world should change to accommodate people in wheelchairs and so forth, no the other way around.)

About OCD, you're extremely dark, but about autism you're all light?
Yes, because my OCD is an illness which I have developed and which is damaging to my quality of life. Aspergers is something that is part of who I am and always has been, and I wouldn't want to live without it because I wouldn't be me. It's just difficult navigating that sometimes ( ... )

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malicious_pengy July 12 2008, 02:47:09 UTC

And if I didn't make it clear, I hate people who make their documentaries by poking people with sticks. Metaphorically. The sticks being metaphors, not the hate.