WTF Article claims Positive Effects of Bullying Autistics

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I stopped reading at "there are benefits for peers, staff and parents".

Two words: low standards.

I wonder if anyone has contacted the author about the uproar her article caused so she can set things straight like tell us what her intentions were and apologize for the misunderstanding and perhaps update her article or re write it. I know she has a Facebook page so perhaps we can tell her there to let her know the uproar she has caused. I still think this is all a big misunderstanding and her article is being hugely misinterpreted.


EDIT: I just sent her a message about this and she looked different in her Facebook photo than on her article and I don't know if she will see the post because it went to other peoples folder because I am not on her friends. But if she isn't that same person who wrote it, I told her to ignore my message then if she isn't her. I am still giving her the benefit of the doubt.

lol what

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haha another issue taken too seriously

bullying is bad

yes good can come from it, but ultimately it is bad, nothing else matters. Promote bullying, do you wish to? no

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Since I've read this article, I decided to write a comment:

"I feel as if this is a VERY misguided and uneducated attempt at giving advice on how to deal with bullying of people with ASDs. It seems as if this article fails to neglect that bullying can be a lot more severe that just picking on children. It can not only be emotionally abusive, but also physically and sexually abusive. If ANY child (not just autistic) was severely beaten or sexually abused by bullies, would you give the same advice? If you did, not only would the bullying not stop, but it could possibly make the bullies feel like they can get away with it and do worse.

As a person on the autism spectrum and a victim of bullying, I see these ideas as not very helpful. If I informed my peers about having Asperger’s Syndrome, I would have been bullied a lot worse than I was. It would give bullies more reasons to treat children like dirt.

You also have to put into account that not all autistic people know they’re being bullied. Since they may not understand the difference between being a good friend or a bully, they may mistake being mistreated as friendship. Would these suggestions even work if that was the case?

You also have to stop bullying too, not just let it happen. If you stopped bullying, then you wouldn’t even need extra programs for this reason. There’s also the issue of what kind of program should be used and how the staff at a school apply it. If it isn’t properly applied, then children will only vaguely know about autism and go back to their lives.

I don’t understand what the intention was of this author, but it seems like she doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a bullied child on the autism spectrum. Even though there was a lot of talk in elementary school about being kind, respectful of others, and not bullying other children, I still was being bullied. Just because an adult tells a child not to do something doesn’t mean they’ll obey."

Bullying is good for the bully and bad for the victim. Just because it has benefic effects on the perpetrator's health doesn't mean it's acceptable, because it impacts the victim negatively. If you're starving and steal someone else's food, you're doing something that benefits you and harms the other person. It's unacceptable.

Indeed, her logic and common sense leave much to be desired.

'10 ways women benefit from being raped'

Imagine!!

I could probably make a list. And I'm not even a woman rape expert.