Opinions and Veiws on Autism

[Finnian]

Honestly. I think people with Autism are exactly the same as people without Autism, just a little bit more socially awkward.
Though really, I only have experience with people with Aspergers.
My brother, one of my best friends, my fiance, and her brothers all have Aspergers. I'm pretty well accustomed to it.
I mean sometimes I notice it with my fiance. We call it an Aspergers moment. Really, it's super cute.
But no, every single person I know is incredibly smart, but kind of socially awkward, and sometimes can't pick up something that, say, someone without Aspergers could. It doesn't seem to affect them almost at all.

I dunno about other forms of Autism.

I have ADD, but not that bad, and really it affects the processing part of me the most. It take me awhile to understand things, and I can't seem to remember ANYTHING. My focus is okayish, but not great.
but ADD isn't Autism, so I'll shut up about this.

 

[Beary]

LE BUMP.

 

[tinytaylor]

my cousin who married into the fam is autistic. i hate when people make fun of autism it's just an extra chromosome, I remember one of my teachers who also taught autistic classes used to say that. i also find autistic kids are some of the sweetest people you'll ever meet.

 

[Beary]

If anybody wants to learn about autism, you can read the book Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin. She's an amazing person who is autistic and works with animals.

 

[Reindeer]

Autism is great.
It let me get away with "bad touching" my friend, because you can't blame the kid with autism!
I hope he's reading this

gross

I hate being autistic. It's given me a great amount of things, like general smarts and a knack for learning languages, but on the other side I'm emotionally unstable and socially inept.

I never even thought I could have autism. I'd heard of it, sure, and I saw everybody and their mom diagnosing themselves on the internet. I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon and instead just assumed that I was the way I was due to my life experiences up to that point.
Then I went through various psychiatric tests and was properly diagnosed with it. It made sense, but seeing the amount of people hiding behind it just so they can be idiots... it makes me feel bad for actually having it.

 

[Beary]

gross

I hate being autistic. It's given me a great amount of things, like general smarts and a knack for learning languages, but on the other side I'm emotionally unstable and socially inept.

I never even thought I could have autism. I'd heard of it, sure, and I saw everybody and their mom diagnosing themselves on the internet. I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon and instead just assumed that I was the way I was due to my life experiences up to that point.
Then I went through various psychiatric tests and was properly diagnosed with it. It made sense, but seeing the amount of people hiding behind it just so they can be idiots... it makes me feel bad for actually having it.

THIS.
I only have Aspergers, so it's not as bad for me, but I feel ya.
Kids that are autistic will sometimes do something bad, and then say, "I have autism!" when they did it on purpose. It becomes a shield that they can use as an excuse.

 

[Reindeer]

THIS.
I only have Aspergers, so it's not as bad for me, but I feel ya.
Kids that are autistic will sometimes do something bad, and then say, "I have autism!" when they did it on purpose. It becomes a shield that they can use as an excuse.

It's not only them, though. I also see people that were never diagnosed with it telling everybody they have autism, and use it as an excuse. It's aggravating, because it makes me afraid of telling people I have it. I already don't like it, but when you have people giving it a bad image, it just makes it worse.

 

[Shirohibiki]

Autism is great.
It let me get away with "bad touching" my friend, because you can't blame the kid with autism!
I hope he's reading this

wait what is this post e ve n
this is. really. REALLY CONCERNING IF YOURE SAYING WHAT I THINK YOURE SAYING AND IM REALLY BOTHERED BY IT....
i, wow,,, i hope you were joking or im reading this wrong or something ?? ?????

anyway. i have some friends with autism -- mostly aspergers. i really respect people who have it, and i actually thought for a little bit that i had some form of it but it was quickly confirmed that i just have other crap going on in my head. but seriously guys, stay strong! yall are fantastic ;v;

 

[Warrior]

Autism is great.
It let me get away with "bad touching" my friend, because you can't blame the kid with autism!
I hope he's reading this

Smokey did you just admit to being a molester?? Sorry but this really is not tolerable behaviour , IN THE LEAST. I highly doubt you have autism, but if you feign autism to get out of trouble for doing something horrible, you give a bad name to a HUGE group of people. Basically; You're scum and should expect to be treated as such by actual autistic people.

 

[Beary]

Smokey did you just admit to being a molester?? Sorry but this really is not tolerable behaviour , IN THE LEAST. I highly doubt you have autism, but if you feign autism to get out of trouble for doing something horrible, you give a bad name to a HUGE group of people. Basically; You're scum and should expect to be treated as such by actual autistic people.

WHY IS THIS TOPIC IN MY THREAD
BEGONE FOUL BEASTIES

 

[Alice]

My brother is a high-functioning autistic adult. Back when I was highschool, I entered a leadership program. Every friday afternoon, we'd spend 2 hours, reading to the people with a more severe form of autism. Hanging around with them.

I've come to the conclusion that people are just people. You don't have to pay special attention, but if they feel like they're being excluded because of their disability, you should always make some sort effort to step up and talk to them. Same goes for any disability. It's no fun feeling like your disability is you.

I've struggled with my mother having huntingtons and dealing with the fact that I might have huntingtons too. I still can't stand the way people look at her. I remember being asked once if she was drunk or something. I wish some people would just mind their own business.

 

[Smokey]

I highly doubt you have autism

I am, in fact, diagnosed with autism by multiple professionals. Even have to go through extra special programs in school because of it. What a waste of time.
More autistic people should treat me like scum though. Do onto others as you would have them do onto you and whatnot. I don't mind that kind of treatment, but they sure do

 

[Crazy-Gamer]

Um... Well, I had a bad experience with autism.

My youngest brother has autism. My mother already had 4 other kids by the time she had him. I think she probably shouldn't of had any more as it was. But to have a kid who needed extra attention was just too much. She basically shut down at that point, locking herself away in the basement, doing stuff on the internet. And I was forced to take care of the entire family. From that point on, my childhood stopped. And it was the start of completely wrecking my relationship with my mother. She just became a horrible person after having my little brother and breaking down. I'd rather not go into the extreme details of what happened. But let's just say I have not seen her since 2002, I have no idea where she lives anymore (she ran away with a new boyfriend about a year after I moved out, leaving the rest of the family to take care of the kids), and I really, really don't want to see her ever again. Heck, I don't even live in the same country as her anymore.

I don't blame my brother at all. It was my mother's fault for shutting down, not getting help, and making a kid basically have to spend all non-school hours taking care of the house and taking care of kids.

FWIW, my autistic brother was a really sweet kid. He would just have these breakdowns pretty often because he didn't know how to deal with various things and he simply didn't understand.

I know you post this a long time ago but..
*hugs*

 

[Beary]

I am, in fact, diagnosed with autism by multiple professionals. Even have to go through extra special programs in school because of it. What a waste of time.
More autistic people should treat me like scum though. Do onto others as you would have them do onto you and whatnot. I don't mind that kind of treatment, but they sure do

....
You make no sense to me.

 

[Smokey]

....
You make no sense to me.

Maybe that's because you have autism???

 

[Mr. L]

Autism is great.
It let me get away with "bad touching" my friend, because you can't blame the kid with autism!
I hope he's reading this

She's not lying. But I guess you just have to forgive and forget some things...

 

[Crazy-Gamer]

oh and yeah i have autism
It f**king sucks

 

[Beary]

oh and yeah i have autism
It f**king sucks

You should be grateful for what you have.

She's not lying. But I guess you just have to forgive and forget some things...

O____O

Maybe that's because you have autism???

Technically, I have Aspergers, which is a high-functioning form or autism. And you're right, I'm not very sympathetic. People with Aspergers rarely are.

 

[Capella]

My brothers boss had Aspergers.
He was very successful though I mean he had a good job and a family
But last week he got fired right after he blew all his funds and bought a new house

 

[Crazy-Gamer]

You should be grateful for what you have.



O____O



Technically, I have Aspergers, which is a high-functioning form or autism. And you're right, I'm not very sympathetic. People with Aspergers rarely are.

Yeah is just that I got bullied for it back at my old school and I'm worried that if I tell anyone at this school they will all hate me
And don't worry I have Asperger's too