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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's with the hate towards Autism Speaks? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:48 pm
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| The DSM does not say anything Autism being a disease. And why would they, you can't catch Autism from another person. That's viruses that you catch from other people. Diseases don't necessarily have to be contagious. Heart disease and cancer aren't contagious, after all. That's true but heart disea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's with the hate towards Autism Speaks? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:17 pm
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| Some of the hate is historical, specifically these videos many autistics found offensive This basically presents autism of some sort of doppelganger that has taken over the cute autistic kid. https://youtu.be/9UgLnWJFGHQ Then there was this https://youtu.be/C7NTfZzS9b8 In 2013 the late Suzanne Wrigh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting this off my chest (but in a happy way) |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 2
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Welcome to Wrong Planet.
A lot of what you wrote above is going to be familiar to a lot of members here. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Simon Baron Cohen Controversies 101 |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 12
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Edna3362 wrote: EF issues is not an exclusive ASD trait.
Sensory sensitivities are not exclusive to ASD, repetitive behaviors are not exclusive to ASD, and social difficulties are not exclusive to ASD.
That is why Autism is considered a spectrum disorder. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: ‘QAnon Shaman’ released from prison, in halfway house |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:51 pm
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| The Hill Jacob Chansley, the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioter better known as the “QAnon Shaman,” was released from federal prison early and transferred to a halfway house on Wednesday. The Bureau of Prisons said Chansley was moved to “community confinement” — a term that can either refer to home confi... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 59,673
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Prosecution Primary? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:53 pm
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Replies: 5
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| The Republican Bind Abe Greenwald is executive editor of Commentary Donald Trump got millions of Republicans on board his crusade against America’s supposedly crooked system. He molded the GOP, after his own image, into an anti-establishment party. And now, with his indictment by the Manhattan DA A... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tornado Outbreak South, Midwest, Little Rock hit |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:08 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Damage reported across 8 states At least 21 people were confirmed dead due to the storms, officials said. Damage assessment is still underway, and it's unclear exactly how many tornadoes have been confirmed yet. But here's a look at the extent of the storms so far. Sixty locations in eight states h... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Police name three individuals linked to NYC gay bar slayings |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:02 pm
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| CBS News The New York City Police Department has named three individuals that they are seeking in connection with the investigation into a series of deaths of men at gay bars in New York City. The NYPD is asking for the public's help in finding three men, who were identified as Jayqwan Hamilton, 35... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tornado Outbreak South, Midwest, Little Rock hit |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:24 am
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| 1 dead, 28 injured after Illinois theater roof collapses during severe weather At least one person has died and 28 others are injured after the roof collapsed during a sold-out concert at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, as severe storms raced through the area Friday evening. The Boone Co... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism now more common among Black, Hispanic kids in US |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:14 am
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Replies: 18
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| Ok, is it just me or does the description of greater rates of autism diagnosis as "a public mental health crisis" strike anyone else as being deeply able-ist and problematic>?? :? :| :roll: Welp, other than that, I'm so frigging happy about this news!! As a mixed race person with both whi... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Simon Baron Cohen Controversies 101 |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:12 am
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| I do agree with him that Autism is both a difference and a disability. He has been quite public about saying autism is not purely a curse. He started saying that over a decade ago when that needed to be said. I don't have a problem with "autism". I have a problem with the executive dysfun... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is the U.S so fascist? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 11:06 pm
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Replies: 62
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Tim_Tex wrote: Why are we so fascist? Because people still have these mindsets:
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Nobody interested in the Russia-Ukraine conflict? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 10:32 pm
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| Dmitry Muratov: Nuclear warning from Russia's Nobel-winning journalist I'll believe it when I see it. 8) But you are not supposed to look at it. I'm in Australia. We are safe here... For a while, at least. 8O Haven't you seen the documentary: "On the beach"? :scratch: Plot In 1964, World ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tornado Outbreak South, Midwest, Little Rock hit |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 10:13 pm
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| Deadly tornado causes 'significant damage' in Arkansas Central Arkansas suffered "significant damage" Friday, the state’s governor announced, after meteorologists said a tornado touched down in North Little Rock, pummeling buildings and leaving at least three people dead and dozens injure... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Keith Reid, lyricist for Procol Harum, dies aged 76 |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 8:18 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Songwriter behind psychedelic 1960s masterpiece A Whiter Shade of Pale had been receiving cancer treatment for two years Keith Reid, the lyricist for Procol Harum whose poetic vision on Whiter Shade of Pale made it a defining song of the 1960s, has died aged 76. He died in a London hospital, after ... |
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