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Aietra wrote:
Odin wrote:
"Do you have a soul?" 
Apparently, Martin Luther said back in medieval times that autistics (or at least, people assume by the description he gave that he was talking about autistics) don't have souls, and there's still some that believe it. Might be Jehova's Witnesses - not sure, exactly.
Martin Luther was a straight up loony who also said "reason is a whore"
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TheDoctor82 wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
When we did baron cohen in psychology a boy asked the teacher if autistic people communicate with eachother telepathically. *Facepalm* I said nothing though.
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
He studied Kim Peeks who was not autistic
I still can't get over that Dustin Hoffman won an academy award for such an inaccurate portrayal. What shocks me is he studied an Autistic kid for like two weeks...yet managed to overgeneralize and exaggerate most of the traits like crazy. I mean..I at least give 'im that he got the traits...got 'em wrong, but he at least got 'em.
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25 Dec 2009, 8:35 am
TheDoctor82 wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
When we did baron cohen in psychology a boy asked the teacher if autistic people communicate with eachother telepathically. *Facepalm* I said nothing though.
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
I still can't get over that Dustin Hoffman won an academy award for such an inaccurate portrayal. What shocks me is he studied an Autistic kid for like two weeks...yet managed to overgeneralize and exaggerate most of the traits like crazy. I mean..I at least give 'im that he got the traits...got 'em wrong, but he at least got 'em.
I think the "meltdowns" are the worst, he has them in virtually every scene. And although they tried to make it emotional and stuff but I just found them funny and laughed. It's more like a comedy to me than anything else, even if it's not supposed to be.
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25 Dec 2009, 5:59 pm
26 Dec 2009, 1:55 am
MONKEY wrote:
TheDoctor82 wrote:
MONKEY wrote:
When we did baron cohen in psychology a boy asked the teacher if autistic people communicate with eachother telepathically. *Facepalm* I said nothing though.
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
One girl asked if autsitics have emotions, I said "I heard that they often have very intense emotions" I said they because I didn't want them to know, when really it was an anecdote in disguise.
I once spoke to a girl in school who's had an on/off relationship with an aspie and knows another who's my best friend, anyway she said that AS is when you hit people if they touch you.
My girl best friend said she watched rainman and said "wow I'd love to have a genius in my family!", atleast that was a postitive thing to say. But some time before I got rainman on DVD for my 15th(?) birthday and I told my friend's dad about the DVD's I got and stuff, and my friend asked "what's rainman about" and her dad said something along the lines of, "it's about this div... etc" I know Rainman is a fictional character (and a pretty bad portrayal at that) but I couldn't help but think "charmin!" at the word div, only I can use div thank you very much.
@ blackmetal, really? If anything we're wimps XD
I still can't get over that Dustin Hoffman won an academy award for such an inaccurate portrayal. What shocks me is he studied an Autistic kid for like two weeks...yet managed to overgeneralize and exaggerate most of the traits like crazy. I mean..I at least give 'im that he got the traits...got 'em wrong, but he at least got 'em.
I think the "meltdowns" are the worst, he has them in virtually every scene. And although they tried to make it emotional and stuff but I just found them funny and laughed. It's more like a comedy to me than anything else, even if it's not supposed to be.
I told my girlfriend, in that scene where he was about to get on the Quantus flight, he went thru both anxiety and sensory overload; I asked her "I've been thru that several times...have you ever seen me react like that?"
She goes "no"
My response "there ya go".
I confess...I find that movie really funny too, even though it's supposed to be a drama; I've found it funny since childhood. That's before I knew I was Autistic.
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26 Dec 2009, 1:09 pm
I suppose the funniest question would have to be? Are you like that guy in the movie"Rainman" where you can do all those interesting things and all? Personally, there are some abilities I have but, they don't come close to the person whom the movie was based upon still, I'm glad to have my quirks and such neverless.. 
26 Dec 2009, 6:36 pm
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