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19 Jan 2016, 2:50 pm

I say both:

I am a person on the Autistic Spectrum

I am a Spectrumite.

There are times when I act "autistic" in the "classic" sense.



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19 Jan 2016, 7:01 pm

I take more offense at the attitude of PC idiots than anything people have ever called me. I am autistic aka socially ret*d. Whether some people say that in a nice or a not so nice way does not change the fact or matter, you will occasionally get treated like s**t regardless of how people word it. The only thing that matters is whether you are willing to stand up for yourself or let these people treat you like an infant so they can feel good about themselves.



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20 Jan 2016, 7:08 am

Almost at 200 respondents now. Thanks to everyone that has answered :)



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20 Jan 2016, 2:15 pm

tetris wrote:
Almost at 200 respondents now. Thanks to everyone that has answered :)



Are you planning to publish any results of the survey?

Thanks,
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20 Jan 2016, 2:22 pm

Jo_B1_Kenobi wrote:
tetris wrote:
Almost at 200 respondents now. Thanks to everyone that has answered :)



Are you planning to publish any results of the survey?

Thanks,
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Yes I will, probably won't be for few weeks though.



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24 Jan 2016, 7:02 am

zkydz wrote:
KimD wrote:
Lockheart wrote:

As for the argument about semantics, I do get why people are big on inclusive and inoffensive language. Thoughts come out as language, but language can also shape our thoughts, about minority groups, gender and the like. But something has gone awry when the rules stop people from communicating because they're too damned scared of getting it wrong.



I could not have said it better. Unfortunately, so many people get pi$$ed off about the PC part that they ignore the rest...which just leads to more anger, misunderstanding, and so on. Calling someone "PC" has become an insult now--and not the unintended kind.
It's become an insult because the PC crowd has gone to far in forcing simplistic ideas and are many times insulting themselves.

While the intent is good, the execution of the idea has been totally bastardized and really doesn't take into account actual differences.


Some go out of their way to give out peoples' addresses and contact their employers to get them fired and make sure they never work again, and all that person had to do to get them to react like that was to simply disagree with an idea.

They've become what they claimed they're against. Anyone with different ideals gets censored by having their life destroyed.



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24 Jan 2016, 9:56 am

tetris wrote:
Jo_B1_Kenobi wrote:
tetris wrote:
Almost at 200 respondents now. Thanks to everyone that has answered :)



Are you planning to publish any results of the survey?

Thanks,
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Yes I will, probably won't be for few weeks though.


Brilliant - I look forward to that.


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25 Jan 2016, 11:03 am

Currently at 230 something. Probably will leave it open until about mid February. Thanks to those that have answered so far. Links are in the first post if anyone else wants to.



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07 Feb 2016, 6:32 pm

At just over 300 respondents now. Thanks for everyone who answered.
I had posted a thread saying the survey would be closed soon but it appears to have been deleted.

So the survey will close on Tuesday 9th (this coming Tuesday) at about 12pm (uk time).
Then sometime that afternoon or evening I'll post the results in a new thread.

If you have yet to answer it and would like to the link is in the first post.