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25 May 2011, 1:38 pm

Do you consider the autism rights movement as a subcultur on par with scene, punk, ska, goth?

I know we all value being different, but we are all similar to eachother more then an NT, making us a distinct group with a different way of thinking and different basic ideals, making it a "culture" so, subculture, agree?

I think we have a similar utilitarian dress style, a similar speaking style, similar values that place emphasis as being diverse, though we don't have a unifying musical preference.


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25 May 2011, 2:04 pm

I know viewing ASD folk as a subculture helped as a framework in my Masters work. My capstone (like a thesis) project centered on using cultural communication theory to explain ASD v NT communication issues.


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25 May 2011, 3:28 pm

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. . . My capstone (like a thesis) project centered on using cultural communication theory to explain ASD v NT communication issues.

Wow, sounds pretty cool. :D



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25 May 2011, 3:32 pm

Phonic wrote:
. . . though we don't have a unifying musical preference.

We might be able to handle the music part. :wink:

For example we have " . . . Me, talking to myself in public, dodging glances on the train . . . " by Matchbox 20. (Song titled "Unwell," but I think we could get a far better title!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GebPvlqgxy4

And look how people are cheering! And how some of them are singing the lyrics.



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25 May 2011, 5:52 pm

@AardvarkGoodSwimmer it was fun to do. I should dig it up and put it on my website.


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26 May 2011, 12:27 pm

If it feels right, might be too personal or too much, please trust yourself. And I like the idea very much. Yes, we on the spectrum communicate just fine thank you very much, just do it a little differently. :D



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26 May 2011, 12:41 pm

Phonic wrote:
Do you consider the autism rights movement as a subcultur on par with scene, punk, ska, goth?

I know we all value being different, but we are all similar to eachother more then an NT, making us a distinct group with a different way of thinking and different basic ideals, making it a "culture" so, subculture, agree?

I think we have a similar utilitarian dress style, a similar speaking style, similar values that place emphasis as being diverse, though we don't have a unifying musical preference.


Not quite for me. Activists I know have many differences beyond their common cause. A subculture is way more inclusive, dress, music, language, catch phrases, etc...

In a way, autism is anti-culture??

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26 May 2011, 1:30 pm

Phonic wrote:
Do you consider the autism rights movement as a subcultur on par with scene, punk, ska, goth?

I know we all value being different, but we are all similar to eachother more then an NT, making us a distinct group with a different way of thinking and different basic ideals, making it a "culture" so, subculture, agree?

I think we have a similar utilitarian dress style, a similar speaking style, similar values that place emphasis as being diverse, though we don't have a unifying musical preference.


No not really.....and for one scene does not belong with punk, ska or goth as 'scene' is nothing more then trendieness..I mean there is a punk scene, metal scene, rap scene ect. so scene alone is nothing.

But anyways I do not think there is really a common way people with aspergers/autism dress as opposed to how people in general dress and well i do not think everyone with aspergers/autism have the same values.