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| **"Don't mourn for us" by Jim Sinclair from the book "Loud hands/ autistic people speaking"** | **"Don't mourn for us" by Jim Sinclair from the book "Loud hands/ autistic people speaking"** |
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| <blockquote>Is it always correct to view differences between the behaviour of autistics and NT's as "symptoms" of some "disorder" in autistic people? Is it necessarily helpful to respond to such differences by trying to teach autistic people to emulate NT social behaviours so they can "fir in" with NT culture? What alternatives might there be for addressing social difficulties between autistic and NT people?</blockquote> | <blockquote>Is it always correct to view differences between the behaviour of autistics and NT's as "symptoms" of some "disorder" in autistic people? Is it necessarily helpful to respond to such differences by trying to teach autistic people to emulate NT social behaviours so they can "fit in" with NT culture? What alternatives might there be for addressing social difficulties between autistic and NT people?</blockquote> |
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| <blockquote>...typical autism conferences, run by and for NT parents and professionals, do not tend to be very good places for autistic people to connect meaningfully with each other. There's simply too much going on --too many people, too much movement, too much noise, often fluorescent lights, and above all, the overwhelming onslaught of speakers and articles and exhibits all stressing that there's something terribly //wrong// with us, that we're a horribly defective type of human, and that our very existence is a source of never-ending grief for our families.</blockquote> | <blockquote>...typical autism conferences, run by and for NT parents and professionals, do not tend to be very good places for autistic people to connect meaningfully with each other. There's simply too much going on --too many people, too much movement, too much noise, often fluorescent lights, and above all, the overwhelming onslaught of speakers and articles and exhibits all stressing that there's something terribly //wrong// with us, that we're a horribly defective type of human, and that our very existence is a source of never-ending grief for our families.</blockquote> |
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