I never thought about this. I played Lego. In the sense I loved to build the houses and vehicles, playing solo, but I did not do pretend play.I am sure many other girls must like Lego, including all variations of the neurodiverse world. I mean it cannot be just an ASD thing, for a girl to like Lego.
I don’t really think girls have to be restricted to pink shades. It is really a cultural thing of the western world, this color demarcation. In many cultures, kids of both genders can wear all colors, there are no gender specific colors for kids. I find shopping clothes for my daughter in Europe sometimes boring and restrictive because of the lack of colors.
Till the end of the last century, having never used internet, I believed in the “basic goodness of the human heart”, and thought insensitivity and hurtful talk were the exceptions (by the depraved), and not the norm (by the most). A decade of using the net has led me to change my opinion, and now I believe that cruelty, bigotry, and meanness constitute the baseline of the majority, and compassion and goodness are rare, and when present are often fake or due to a lack of the proper opportunity to express oneself with anonymity.
blackberrysunshine:
This is absolutely terrifying. Just look at it, it is so real and astonishing. You need to reblog this. I don’t care if you’re used to reblogging orange, teenage girls with vans on. I don’t care if you’re used to reblogging vintage or photography. This is real. You can even see the fury in his eyes. The tense muscles in between his fingers. The heavy breathing.
there are probably so many people in this position…. except they have razors or bottles of pills in their hand….
(Source: euclidwilliam)
can someone tell my psychiatrists that it is possible for autism to be missed until adulthood.
Further, I see that doctors of all fields agree that even the best can miss a diagnosis and mis-diagnose, but psychiatrists think they are infallible. Why?
draggle:
notacountryclub:
and seriously
the last psychiatrist was all
‘but you can talk so you can’t have aspergers’ with the dsm sitting right teh fuck in front of her.
Sooounds familiar. Have autistic descendants, bonus points if any are male and obviously autistic. Then you’ll be diagnosed, never mind that you’ll probably be middle-aged by then.
(Source: whutyoufelloverfor)
“Autism Speaks is probably the most well-known charity out there when it comes to autism. Just because they have the most media coverage and celebrity support does not mean they are a good organization.
Autism Speaks does not have a single autistic member on their board.
Autism Speaks only spends 4% of their budget on “family services”.
The majority of Autism Speaks’ money goes toward research, and the majority of that research is to find a way to rid the world of autism, and thus, autistics.
Autism Speaks produces advertisments, small films, etc. about what a burden autistic people are to society.
Autism Speaks was responsible for “Autism Every Day”, which featured a member of their board talking about contemplating murder-suicide of her daughter in front of her daughter. This has now be removed from Autism Speaks’ Youtube channel but can still be found elsewhere.
Autism Speaks is responsible for the atrocity known as “I am Autism”, a short film comparing autism to cancer, AIDS, and blaming autism as the reason why marriages break up.
In short, Autism Speaks makes it much harder for those of us who have autism to be taken seriously. Autism is considered to be a child’s disease (not that it’s even actually a disease at all), and you will often hear people say “where are all the adult autistics?” Well, we’re right here in front of you. We may have been misdiagnosed with learning disorders, mental retardation and other mental illnesses when the diagnoses of autism, PDD-NOS and Asperger’s weren’t as precise (or even existent) as they are now. We vary in where we fall on the spectrum. Don’t make assumptions about us because we can use a computer.
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I love that people are raising awareness about Austism Speaks’ faux-awareness.
Look, I think we should be looking for a cure for autism. I’ve worked with several non-verbal kids, and I’ve seen what a debilitating disorder it can be. On the flip-side I’ve seen kids that have overcome autism and actually use it to their advantage. Which is why Autism Speaks and other organization need to put more of their funding in to programs that improve the lives of individuals with autism. These important interventions and programs can really turn autism from a disorder to a benefit for a lot of people.
Personally I support Pathfinders for Autsim, which is an awesome Maryland-based organization that works to “improve the lives of individuals with autism and the people who care for them.”
(via youcantteachgodanything)
We do not “overcome” it. It is an inherent part of who we are. I am successful because I have been able to arrange my life to make it an advantage. Trying to “overcome” it made me miserable and a failure. Whether those kids should be cured depends on how debilitating they think it is and nothing else.
(via iamthethunder)
(Source: goldenheartedrose)
I miss “friend”, the word it used to be
How can a person have 325 “friends”?
