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| So here is Gestalt, the place where I originally went
http://asdgestalt.com/index.php
Then I found out where the backup forum was, and its actual forum successor
http://spectrumites.proboards104.com/index.cgi
And now, something I found by way of Ballastexistenz's blog, http://www.existenceiswonderful.com/2008/09/conceptualizing-autism.html
Similarly, viewing autism as a permanent lack of certain skills (such
as, say, the ability to use language in any capacity, or to
relate/respond to other people) can lead to everything from educational
neglect of autistics ("He'll never learn this anyway so why should we
bother attempting to teach him?") to the paradoxical removal or denial
of necessary supports when an autistic person does learn a particular skill ("You can express yourself so well through typing now, you can't possibly really need help with daily living tasks like a real autistic person would.").
Both of these problems seem to be reported by people with disabilities in general, especially poorly understood or not immediately obvious ones like CFS or MS, and people with DD's and mental disabilities of all kinds are subject to educational neglect/discrimination, because "they'll just grow up retarded anyway." When SPED teachers in Britain were asked to expand their qualifications, many protested, wondering what use their students would ever have for, and I quote, "literature or calculus." Now, I doubt that autism is the only developmental disability that does not rule out learning calculus (some people still can't do it--for instance, my mom, who has no disability label whatsoever), but denying literature to people with DD's is nothing short of cruelty to me. Anyone can enjoy a good story, and an arbitrary label does not make good words incomprehensible.
I have a sister with Downs Syndrome who is learning to read, and may eventually begin to drive. I myself was not originally expected to drive. What excuse could someone have for refusing under any circumstances to teach literature?
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| Apparently, the drama has finished up. I'm now on three different autism fora, one where I took refuge during the crisis, the "rival" forum, and the original. Most of the original is still locked up, but like the last time this happened, they are reopening it gradually.
It definitely won't be the same community, however.
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| Well, apparently, the community that got me interested in autistic self-advocacy has suffered a total split down the middle, several extremely popular members are permanently banned, and the forum has been shut down. A site that was originally a backup is now housing the opposing faction. I've gone over to ASDGestalt.com, which is a much quieter community, but less activist. I've checked out the backup site, it's pretty small at present. So who knows what's going to happen now.
If AFF goes toes-up, it will be very weird. I've been on that site since highschool. There's been a lot of interchange of people, everytime I went inactive I came back and someone else was gone and people had joined and racked up a lot of activity.
One of the people who got banned was a poster who I found extremely informative and I had a lot of respect for.
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| You know what's great about my new schedule? I'll be awake in the daytime. I can make real food.
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| No, wrong, learn some fucking latin. Carnis--of meat. Canis--a dog. It's the same fucking language at the same fucking stage of development.
Who the fuck watches TV to learn? Fuck History channel, read a damn book.
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