Sign Language?

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What would be the best Autism language, something that really only people with autism would know, would it be sign language, or is there another?

Autism? How about No language in the general Autism population.

As for us AS-people I'd say written english is brilliant.

Alot of people like to be different, don't they, im just asking, because i've noticed alot of my if you will group type posts have been switched to "Independent" ones, lol.

Ofcourse,
being different is a fundament in having AS so it comes with the package.

I still hold that written English is fantastic for communication,
especially with a Post button so I can edit it before I insult someone instead of after *cough*

^another example on WP of not knowing classic autism outside outdated and one size fits all stereotypes.



sign language is a free for all on who uses it,lots of people without autism or even any other disability know or use sign language,and with basic forms or makaton-it's easier to get understood because it's based on actions that relate to what is wanted,so others don't have to be trained to recognise a lot of the signs.

and what works for some will not work for others-autism [in any severity or form] is unique in each Autist.
Tactile signing [a type of signing that is used by deaf-blind people] would be good amongst Autists who have very weak visual perception,but that would only work if they were interested in interacting,and are ok with having their hands touched.

Written/text form works for many all over the spectrum,and is commonly the strongest form for those of us who have language and computer or writing ability but are non verbal/speech impaired,though it isn't a form that is fully accessible to all autists.

The most common form of language am use and see amongst every other Autie have ever lived with,is behaviors-a lot of us do things that unaware people think is to harm self or cause problems for them,when it's to communicate,it often gets written down as 'challenging behavior' rather than 'attempting to communicate',one profoundly autistic lady am used to live with until recently would spit in her hand or hit her head as her way of communicating with others,it means she wants to go home.
Am dont think there is a strictly autist to autist language though.

The ";)" was there to signify the usage of a joke..

Not everybody understands smilies or pays attention their expression.

Besides, this is a very strong untrue stereotype about classical autism (inability to communicate, no attempts at communication) and can be a sensitive thing for some who know how it's like when people fully or half-heartedly believe it.

That joke is the equivalent of saying that AS is mental retardation. Many really are pissed of by it (though this isn't half as bad as the stereotype that those with classical do not communicate ever) and it's just plain untrue.

Nevertheless, even if it meant jokingly, there are people who sincerely believe this stereotype (that those with AS are mentally ret*d as well as that those with classical generally make no attempts at communication even when they struggle to) so that even as a joke such statements may enforce the untrue believes about autism.

While sadly true I hold to the statement "If you can't joke about it you sure as hell shouldn't try to be serious about it."

I was nonverbal until I was four and my parents used sign language to communicate with me even after I learned to speak. Sign langauge is often suggested for NT infants and todlers too.