tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post7030520484689145359..comments2024-03-14T18:26:18.208-07:00Comments on autism's gadfly: Anticure autistics review taxpayer subsidized research grants for autismjonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-56391260747629682162009-07-03T16:22:22.890-07:002009-07-03T16:22:22.890-07:00Amen!!!Amen!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411258404667293080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-45122702151279917312009-06-30T18:15:24.146-07:002009-06-30T18:15:24.146-07:00What I would like to see are therapies that allow ...What I would like to see are therapies that allow us to remediate the debilitating components of autism. You and I share those traits to varying extents; all of us on the spectrum do.<br /><br />I do not like to get bogged down in the eugenics/cure autism/ etc argument but I certainly favor therapies that reinforce our weaknesses and relieve disability.John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-84681992911785842162009-06-21T22:59:30.161-07:002009-06-21T22:59:30.161-07:00Can we get grants for all kinds of mental disabili...Can we get grants for all kinds of mental disabilities? Why is autism always blown out of proportion rather than focusing on each individual's brain wiring that affects how they think and process information in social and acedemic situations? <br /><br />How about finding a cure for someone with a mixed expressive-receptive language disorder? That's even worse than someone with Asperger's or mild autism. Why can't someone with co-morbid conditions like myself be looked into more and receive more attention? <br /><br />When will an "aspie" realize that the only reason he/she believes his/her brain is working fine, just differently, realize he/she only feels that way because he/she is so used to functioning that ONE way since birth? It's equivalent to someone with obsessive compulsive disorder who knows there's something wrong yet uses reaction formation by claiming to feel it's beneficial having OCD because of the ability to remain as cautious as possible, and NT's are at a disadvantage because they'll be forgetful about locking the front door and likely leave the car and house keys behind, and therefore I wouldn't want to become neurotypical so f*ck them! Haha!!! But if an NT mom tries to prevent her son from flipping the light switch on-and- off four times repeatedly, then the son's logical neurodiversity response would be something along the lines of, "Quit bullying me, Mom!", but I'm sure Neurodiversity proponents would struggle grapsing my analogy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-11267973151920992512009-06-20T19:04:53.546-07:002009-06-20T19:04:53.546-07:00How can I get a grant to experiment on Neuroinsani...How can I get a grant to experiment on Neuroinsanity? I'd like to shoot them all full of thimerosal slowly until they can no longer talk or type. Then I'll have them answer a survey to see if they want to be cured. <br /><br />If they can't answer, we'll just stick them all in an asylum and declare the experiment a success.John Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133970669787632440noreply@blogger.com