CrazyCatLord wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
emtyeye wrote:
It's them who need to learn more about us, not the other way around, IMHO.
Nah, we're the minority. We have the problem, not them.
But many of us can't overcome the problem. The only thing that can help us with our problem is that the majority learns to accept us the way we are.
I really don't want to generalize NTs and I usually hate us/them dividers. But in this case, I have to agree with emtyeye. Every person with normal social instincts who looks at me either sees a mentally handicapped person or a creep and acts accordingly. I can't change that on my end. Cthulhu knows I've tried, but I've only become less socially functional due to negative social feedback and lack of understanding. Society needs to be made aware of ASDs and taught to spot the telltale signs, or simply become more accepting towards neurodiverse people in general.
Edit: I mean, I agree with emtyeye. I confused two names there.
Approximately 1% of the population can't walk a quarter mile without the use of a mobility device (wheelchair, scooter, etc). Since they're the minority they have the problem, not the majority who can walk. Clearly, ramps are superfluous and wheelchair users should provide their own solutions to get into homes and businesses.
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Satire
Some facts:
Approximately 2.6% of the population is visually impaired. .6% were blind.
That's even lower than autistic people - guess we don't need braille on signs anymore.
About 2-4 of every thousand people in the US are functionally deaf. 9-22 out of every thousand people have severe hearing impairment. This is
significantly lower than the number of autistic people. Might be time to get rid of ASL interpreters, close captioning, DVD subtitling, etc. because their population is so tiny that they're the problem, not the majority.
My point being that arguing from statistics is nonsense. Sure, there are only ~1% autistic people, but this is actually pretty close to a lot of other disabilities and a higher rate than some, and yet there aren't enough of us to justify accommodation? It's not any more accurate when John Elder Robison says it.