Do you know what we wish we could do? Start up an organisation that spreads awareness of plurality using arguments based on neurodiversity, personhood and complex systems, rather than using spiritual arguments, or 'that's the way it is' explanations. Right ...Read More
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Morality cannot be properly inculcated via fear-mongering; it is something that should develop organically as one grows and becomes increasingly aware of society and its functions. Pedagogy which emphasizes punishment and rewards as a means of teaching moral behaviour cannot ...Read More
It seems that our switching patterns have returned to their 2007 patterns: that is, we actually switch when we are by ourselves, instead of it being the "Kerry/Hess/M.D. show" online, and the "Kerry/Hess/Sean/M.D. show" offline. (Well, except for Hess's hiatus ...Read More
To-day in class, we (and a co-present M.D., who was half-paying attention) watched a rather depressing film about the international impact of HIV infection. Actually, 'rather depressing' sounds a bit dismissive of it; it was more...moving, really, than just 'depressing ...Read More
Apparently a lot of the anti-psychiatry movement is epically transphobic--instead of saying being trans is a psychiatric disorder, they just claim that it doesn't exist, and is a form of body mutilation. This is just as bad as the psychiatric ...Read More
I seriously cannot stand the us-and-them mindset that some members of minority groups have. While there's room for delineating different members of a certain group, it's really unproductive to make those differences a cause for animosity BETWEEN those people. I've ...Read More
This system's social abilities are paradoxical. That is, we can pick up on nuances fairly well in some circumstances, but there are social areas in which we are just plain stupid. That's part and parcel of being on the autistic ...Read More
I've been thinking about this lately, mostly because of some recent events that I'm not going to go into. Some discussions that my system-mates and I had with some of our friends spurred this on, as well. Some people seem to ...Read More
http://autismdiva.blogspot.com/2006/01/ballastexistenz-its-what-they-train-us.html We can relate to this. Although we're no longer in a situation in which we're being taught ABA-style methods for 'acting normal', we still feel the 'need' to act normal whenever we're surrounded by others. And right now, that's just ...Read More