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| rant about the word special. |
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| McZealot:
There isn't a lot of education about Autism and people often don't understand how varied it is and that many sufferers are high-functioning members of society. You probably won't be able to educate people about Autism so I'd recommend (and believe me, this is bad advice) trying to separate your autism from that of others by not brining it up much or specifically saying that you have very mild symptons. Like, I have a disabled friend that is very smart and I do competitive stuff with, and honestly I couldn't even tell because it's so mild in his case. However if he introduced himself to me and let me know he had ADHD I might have been reluctant to partner up with him. I wouldn't let your disabilities define your personality or skills, I would let your personality and skills define your disability. I personally prefer the terms 'disabled' or 'special needs' because everyone is a bit special (thanks to Tumblr I'm uncomfortable even saying that) and people with mental disabilities are not just people with odd or quirky traits--they are impaired members of society. |
| patton360:
When autism speaks |
| SuperSuit12:
--- Quote from: patton360 on February 12, 2017, 09:30:48 PM ---Blatant trolling --- End quote --- anyways, yeah, I'm cool with "special needs," it's just the way "special" is used tends to be a separating thing, where they're not trying to be insulting but it's kind of impossible not to be. I do have special needs, but "special" has connotations. Oh, that kid, yeah, he's... special. |
| Tokthree:
The most important thing I've learned in life is that the opinions of others are almost completely irrelevant. If you know you aren't doing anything wrong then just be proud that you're strong enough to be yourself; if being individual means I'll be called "special" then I'm whatever kind of snowflake you want me to be and I know you're just jealous because you aren't capable of expressing yourself as freely as I do. People naturally ostracise an "other" that they feel is weaker than they are because it's the only way they can cope with their own insecurities, humans need someone to hate or make fun of, otherwise they'll start thinking about the ways in which they feel inferior to those around them, regardless of whether or not those inferiorities actually exist. |
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