tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post4328856283007284203..comments2023-12-02T09:37:08.472-05:00Comments on Autism Jabberwocky: Neurodiversity : You DO NOT speak for my childrenM.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033918835169823548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-27875078352488194272010-02-18T11:42:05.151-05:002010-02-18T11:42:05.151-05:00Thanks for this post. As you know I agree with you...Thanks for this post. As you know I agree with you 100% on this issue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-85513972395013944342010-02-17T12:55:47.487-05:002010-02-17T12:55:47.487-05:00Many in ND also want to be "role models"...Many in ND also want to be "role models" for people with ASDs.<br /><br />The problem is...many of them don't have jobs or live independently and don't seem to be terribly interested in doing so, either.<br /><br />They are much more interested in "being autistic."<br /><br />To get a job and live independently would require one to learn to not be so autistic, to, in essence, be "indistinguishable from their peers."<br /><br />They obviously don't want to "remove" their identity! They would rather be unemployed and live with their parents than get treatment for their autism and get help to be independent and get a job.<br /><br />I always thought one of the main points of ND was that they all wanted people with ASDs to be successful but, in reality, only a few of them are successful themselves because they are not willing to get "treatment" and they don't seem to want any one else with autism "removing their identity" either. <br /><br />So, I guess what they truly want is everyone with ASDs to "be autistic" rather than get jobs and live independently.<br /><br />Ironic.<br /><br />Temple Grandin is really the only sane voice in all of this, from what I know. As far as I know she fully supports early intervention and treatment and certainly doesn't want the LFA to remain they way they are.<br /><br />I think that if she knew what was truly going on with ND she would not be happy.<br /><br />I think she would tell all of them,<br /><br />"Go get a job!"<br /><br />The ones that earn multiple college degrees, graduate with a high GPA and for some mysterious reason cannot get a job and still live with their parents are my favorite.<br /><br />At the very least they can volunteer somewhere: I do that much. <br /><br />Temple Grandin grew up in a time when manners where expected and parents didn't dote on their children. The current generation of NDs don't think they should "adapt" to society in any way even though they can: they just choose not to. <br /><br />Even worse, their parents also seem to be okay with having a college graduate (perhaps with more than one degree) not have a job, not even a volunteer job, and live at home and not do much of anything (except "be autistic," of course.)<br /><br />I live with my father and he would NEVER let that happen. I don't even have a college degree and he pretty much DEMANDS that I do SOMETHING, anything! Anything other than just sit around and "be autistic."<br /><br />At the moment I cannot hold a job, but I am also seeing a psychiatrist and getting help so that I can hopefully hold a job in the future. Having a "volunteer" job and a "real" job are completely different, as I have learned.<br /><br />I think that if I had multiple college degrees, earned a high GPA and said I couldn't possibly get a job I would find myself homeless because my father wouldn't allow such a thing.<br /><br />I have had a more difficult life than the NDs and are also more disabled than them, but I might end up being more successful because I am willing to "treat" my autism and because my parents don't dote on me.<br /><br />And I don't really even support ND and probably never will.<br /><br />How ironic.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540927559726674184noreply@blogger.com