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From today's paper, some autism activists argue that it's not a disease and we shouldn't try to cure it.

"People don't suffer from Asperger's," Justin said. "They suffer because they're depressed from being left out and beat up all the time."

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ah - now that makes sense

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

thank you - I hope it works out easier for your son, and likewise your whole family, and you as She Who Cleans Most of it Up!

*hugs*

good point about that fine fuzzy grey area between "acceptance/compassion" and the "fuck conformity, I'm Just Fine As I Am" extremes.

Re: ah - now that makes sense

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Whew! Misunderstanding cleared up. :-)

I'll have to look for the Moon book. My husband and I occasionally bat around a sci-fi story concept where there's a colony ship that goes out, full of people like, well, us... and a few generations later, autism is the norm and "neurotypical" folks are a strange minority who need to be "fixed" to fit in to the society that has developed. We figure they'd have incredible technology due to the hyperfocus many autistics can have. Not that we get far beyond the concept; once we start pondering what the storyline would be we run out of steam.