17 Aug 2011, 2:48 am
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17 Aug 2011, 5:45 am
Tequila wrote:
ToughDiamond wrote:
The same paper would probably say that Aspies are all perfectly fit for work, and would recommend we didn't get incapacity benefits.
Do you live in the UK?
I don't read the Mail that often because it's often completely contradictory, playing to the base prejudices of its readers. A lot of conservatives and libertarians know the paper is a liability and a laughing stock and treat it with disdain.
Yes I live in the UK. I don't read the Mail, but I've studied it sometimes. Back in the day, there were these feminists who protested at RAF Greenham:
http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk/
Rather than concocting a credible intellectual argument against what those women were doing, the Mail resorted to criticising their clothes and labelling the women "drabbies" (their own word, presumably derived from "hippies," whom they also despised of course). Go back a few more decades and there are headlines such as "hooray for the blackshirts!"
What really cracks me up is the string of "headlines" on the right-hand side of their webpage. It's nearly all soft-core celebrity porn. Could it be that there's something cynical going on?
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28 Aug 2011, 2:48 am
28 Aug 2011, 11:03 am
Phonic wrote:
newspaper writer is insensetive and sensationalist
male donor is a moron
female recipients are morons for doing this
those kids are doomed to a sub par quality of life now because of this.
Don't tell me it isn't true, don't give me that crap about little autistic professors and finding a job in your special interest, we all know that's uncommon - for the most part we are an unhappy unemployed harrassed bunch and I wouldn't wish it on 22 babies on the off chance that one of them turns out to be a prodigy and the rest live confusing meaningless lonely hard lives.
That's..just how it is
male donor is a moron
female recipients are morons for doing this
those kids are doomed to a sub par quality of life now because of this.
Don't tell me it isn't true, don't give me that crap about little autistic professors and finding a job in your special interest, we all know that's uncommon - for the most part we are an unhappy unemployed harrassed bunch and I wouldn't wish it on 22 babies on the off chance that one of them turns out to be a prodigy and the rest live confusing meaningless lonely hard lives.
That's..just how it is
I work with lots of scientists and it's probably more common than you think. I work in an area of my subinterest, yes I've been bullied but that's certainly not my fault as the behaviour was unacceptable by anyone's standards. Maybe the little autistic professors and those who've found a job in their interest are too busy doing that than getting diagnoses or chatting on forums
I think a vast majority of the problems exist as a result of trying to fit into the NT world, everything is geared towards NT's, their behaviour and presentation, their responses to job interview questions. If society were tweaked a little to be a bit more accepting many of the issues would disappear IMO.
28 Aug 2011, 12:20 pm
01 Sep 2011, 5:37 am
Sporthorses wrote:
Maybe the little autistic professors and those who've found a job in their interest are too busy doing that than getting diagnoses or chatting on forums .
.Good point. Seriously, this is the reason why I suspect the stats on Aspies and jobs to be flawed - because those who seek for an adult diagnosis are largely those who need more support. I am not saying it's not difficult but the most desperate data might be exaggerated.
