For anyone who thinks that I am pleased with Christians, please let me explain why I am NOT:
As a child my Mother was a member of a pentecostal church. At that time aspergers & ADHD were almost unheard of; so as a result my behaviours were seen as evidence of demonic possession.
I recall one pastor sending me to London for an exorcism (the London Healing City Mission) where I was made to drink Holy Water, and people put their hands on me.
As a result of the above the conclusion was that I was in fact a good Christian boy, so I was sent to a monastery to see if anything evil manifested.
It didn't, and what makes me so annoyed is that those behaviours that I had as a child that were interpretted by idiots to be demonic possession were aspergers & ADHD responses to the difficulties I faced in my life at that time (meltdowns and overload).
That was 30 years ago.
Imagine if today they did the same. It would be called child abuse.
I have forgiven Christians for it, but I am concerned that maybe in fundamentalist churches they may still mis-interpret aspergers & ADHD child behaviours to be evidence of demonic possession. If so, it needs to be exposed, and the perpretators brought to justice.
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We, the people on the Autistic Spectrum have a choice.
We can either try to "fit in" with the rest of society, or we can be so egocentric that we can't be bothered.
I choose the actor. I observe NT's. I listen to their socializing. I practice it, so in social situations I can just emulate/mimic what is expected.
It isn't natural for me, but it enables me to "fit in".
It is VERY tiring and draining, but at least we can appear like them even though it is an act. Like being on the stage.
They can't see it is emulation, and so we are accepted.
03 Jun 2014, 4:46 pm
