Too much negativity for those with ASD?

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Searching on Google I find that a lot of topics about those with an ASD. It's disgraceful how some people can say that we shouldn't be parents or that people are to avoid contact. Now I know that there are topics that are positive towards those with an ASD but they are in short supply. A lot of the time, I doubt these people who write this codswallop even know the full story, never seen a person with an ASD and just make out the worst by focusing on worst case scenario. So, what are your views on this topic?

Its a shame all the famous high achieving aspies, like even Bill Gates, are not well known

Shows like Bones show aspies in a good light. I think its only a matter of time for better understanding of AS

Manufacturing consent applies not only to aspies. ADHD kids and ritalin.... ADHD kids are full of creative energy and just need directing... the school system and suburban neurosis is anathema to them....the DaVinci gene is going to waste, and society and the economy is the poorer. Their energy and enthusiasm is ideal for starting businesses and working hard

Aspies can be gifted too, in different ways, and face different issues especially bullying. Otherwise, many NT's often like a cool aspie. But aspies have also to learn to shut up and share communication

once the economics of nation building and neurodiversity is better managed, and taught correctly, everything good will flow from there

I can only partly agree Surfman. I doubt everyone will agree to that, for instance, racism is still an issue worldwide however hard people can hide it as some are against treating all as equals though it has continually improved from the 60s-70s onwards. I will say that with the next generation that it would flow better as the understanding has become greater.

Have you ever tried directing a hyperactive child? I've had to babysit one and it was torture.

Medication + direction can lead to faster results. I only do creative writing when I medicate otherwise I wouldn't be able to last as long. Medicated I can write as long as the meds last and they drag out ever ounce of creativity from me I need to break the next day.

People with ADHD can be very creative but they need to organise and regulate their focus. Seeing as their brains find this difficult to do they need to take medication.

Just jumping into a creative task can make me exhausted quicker and it's done in say a halfarsed way compared to when I'm on medication. I have greater cognitive processing and concentration when on medication.

And you don't always have to be on medication at every moment of the day. Sometimes when I get sick of it I have some fruit that breaks up the medication quicker and I have my weekends off so my brain can go crazy with thoughts and inattention and mind changing and sitting at a computer wasting away the hours because I'm too unmotivated to do anything. I was going to attempt to draw today. That's when I reach for the Omega 3.

Could you site some examples of this, PastFixations? I just Googled; autistic spectrum disorder and didn't find anything about being parents or avoiding contact.

"the siege" gave me much insight on racism, popularity and how viruses spread!

*The movie, 'The Siege'

I find that some people hyperfocus on the negative, and others actually do the opposite. I'm not some quirky genius. I can't leave the house without assistance, can't get through a church service, and scream and hit people when I'm overstimulated. I have strengths, but I have very real weaknesses, and it's just as obnoxious to have those overlooked as the strengths.

Well, on Google search the following:
site:answers.yahoo.co.uk autism
Have a look around and you will see some negativity there. There was somewhere else about the avoiding but can't find it now. Some answers were a little thoughtless from my point of view.

f**k em'. Move on.

The craziest negative responses involving searches with "AS marriages". The responses are so extreme, it is almost humorous. Apparently crazy, bitchy NT women hook up with nice aspie guys a lot and the results are disastrous.

Some NTs are like that because their insight is so poor and they choose to rave about it. It annoys me when a lot of people think they can get away with this injustice and not understand how we as individuals have to live without any choice. It's how we are as humans, we can't choose not to have an ASD like we can choose what socks to wear. It's a part of you even if it doesn't affect you as much.

I guess the negativity toward other groups is everywhere

Racism and sexism may never die....

And to think that some of the gullible people with no knowledge on the subject will believe that...

There is a lot of negativity out there, but it is getting better. There is a very very long way to go though.