Observations from an Autistic on how we are viewed

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70% of Downs children are aborted. They are now trying to do this with Autism and a lot of us Auties are horrorfied of the implacations! I wish it was a subject more touched on in the Pro Life movement.
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Yep, I remember some years ago people were saying that they would defend stuff like that, that was not cool. If they would have known I was one of those people, maybe they would have thought differently.
 
This is more of a general people with nuerological differences observance. I have noticed in my life as well as others that many with nuerological disabilities are spoken to as though we are children.

Treated as though we are children and of as though we are children. This is extremely noticeable when in regards to those with Angelsman Syndrome and Downs. Others like Auties also experience this but not to the same degree.

The constant use of words like child-like are damaging. Like us Autistics, this viewpoint makes it extremely difficult to take what they have to say seriously and are often dismissed when they have something important to communicate.

This constant comparison to children for people with nuerological disabilities needs to stop! It’s dismissive and deeply damaging to mental health as well as damaging to development.

These are adults with adult needs and should be treated as such.
 
TDaniels said:
The constant use of words like child-like are damaging. Like us Autistics, this viewpoint makes it extremely difficult to take what they have to say seriously and are often dismissed when they have something important to communicate.
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That’s a good point. People tend to forget that autism is a spectrum. If you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.
 
po18guy said:
What I do note is that my manner of expression and sense of humor are not always understood here. I do have to go back and explain things from time to time.
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Don’t feel badly. People here don’t always understand when I’m joking, either.
 
My immediate family gets my jokes. Others I have to explain or they get offended or really confused. 😆
 
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