SuperTrouper wrote:
I can drive but can't cross the street without help. It's true.
My point, which you seem to be missing, is that "global" is a downright crappy way to assess people with autism. If I have skills that vary from far below average to far above average, what good does it do to say that overall, I'm "average," when that doesn't work because none of my skills are actually average!
And able, but at what? I can blow most of the world out of the water with an IQ test, but I am frequently nonverbal. My skills are so at odds with one another that you can't just say I'm HF or LF, able or not. I'm all over the place, as are most people with ASD.
Also, if you're going to post on a public forum, you can't request what people do and don't say. If they're going to blaspheme, you can't tell them not to. You're just got to make people angry at you if you call them out on it and they'll do it more.
Yeah, that's a fantastic point! Except for the blasphemy! If I ignore it then I'm accepting it & people won't know for future not to do it. But about the autism, you're right; high functioning is pretty meaningless. With Down Syndrome or other Learning Disabilities, it's more accuate, because they usually have difficulties accross the board, but with autism there far more specific, so someone could be a genius in one way, but retarted (I hate to use that word) in another. You're right.
11 Aug 2011, 4:36 pm
