CyclopsSummers wrote:
The funny part is that a name like "Our Planet Also" indirectly references the notion of a 'wrong planet'.
Q: "So, why did you call your message board Wrong Planet?"
A: "Well, I always felt as if I were on the wrong planet."
Q: "So, why did your community vote to re-name the board Our Planet Also?"
A: "Well, because while we're sometimes treated like aliens, we're not on the wrong planet."
I should mention that when I initially joined WP back in 2008, I didn't necessarily agree about feeling 'misplaced' in this world, per se. I loved the planet, especially the animals and plants on it and, as far as people go, my dear relatives and acquaintances.
Since joining, I've come to understand why other autistics feel as though they're alien to society, and therefore feel that they were born on the 'wrong planet'- in recent years, I've curiously come to feel that way myself.
But I think Our Planet Also would be a clumsy re-naming, and wouldn't at all distract from the notion of autistics being somewhat 'alien', as it continues to run with the 'which planet are they from?' theme.
Alternative suggestions for a new name might reflect other aspects of how one experiences autism, by using different analogies, like being stuck inside a box, being separated from the rest by a wall of glass, being an island, being curled up in a ball like a hedgehog, something referencing sensory overload, the puzzle piece, the ribbon, etc. etc.
First of all no disrespect to Alex. Fact is there will be no vote, only Alex can change the name.
Second. I do not see the connection with anti-NT threads.
Third: I found this place by Googling "Aspergers Forums" . It was the first name that came up. I lurked and liked what I saw. As my signature says I became a member the day I got diagnosed
Now to the main point. There was no attempt to deny the name resonates. I mentioned it in my original post. The proposed name is not meant to deny the feeling exists but to explicitly acknowledge people feel that way and that there are good reasons for people to feel that way. The difference is that I feel it is wrong (pun intended) that we (that means me also) have to feel that way. As far as the name not accomplishing my objective that is why the change but not to 'Our Planet Also" option exists. I am not hung up on the exact name "Our Planet Also" . ("Autistics Planet Too"?,""Wrong Planet No More"?) I am hung up on to not accepting this reality. I am 57 years old and sick of it.
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Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
20 Oct 2014, 3:08 am
