tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post116388713273309843..comments2024-01-24T11:20:46.055+00:00Comments on in regione caecorum rex est luscus: The Scorpion or did I blow it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1166999033907147212006-12-24T22:23:00.000+00:002006-12-24T22:23:00.000+00:00Larry said:"but hang it all I am fed up with other...Larry said:<BR/>"but hang it all I am fed up with other peoples names in my dx, so I don't really want another one."<BR/><BR/>You're right, you should definitely have your own Dx. "Chronic Larryitis", perhaps? Good thing it isn't contagious, and there's NO chance of it being perpetuated genetically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1166954119417304392006-12-24T09:55:00.000+00:002006-12-24T09:55:00.000+00:00Larry you acted in a way that was in synch with yo...Larry you acted in a way that was in synch with your values and beliefs. That you concern yourself with the fallout shows you are a rational man. <BR/>Should you or anyone make efforts to conform in society. Absolutely!<BR/>The reason is that most of society is not autistic and asking society as a whole to make exceptions for you or your behaviour is nonsensical.<BR/>Of course having said this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1164103717145821112006-11-21T10:08:00.000+00:002006-11-21T10:08:00.000+00:00"the cold hearted Thatcher years." I was one of th..."the cold hearted Thatcher years." <BR/><BR/>I was one of the unfortunate school leavers during the Thatcher years.<BR/>I was unemployed for three years.<BR/>Just as I was giving up all hope of ever getting a job, an interview came up where I was asked,<BR/>"Is there anything that you really hate?"<BR/>I said "Margaret Thatcher", and when I told my family this, they thought it was a stupid thing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1164018446994605212006-11-20T10:27:00.000+00:002006-11-20T10:27:00.000+00:00Whoops slight semantic error in my last comment he...Whoops slight semantic error in my last comment here goes again ..<BR/><BR/>Well Camille perhaps I need a dx of Tourettes to justify myself, but hang it all I am fed up with other peoples names in my dx, so I don't really want another one.<BR/><BR/>Now for "Gabriel Oak"'s platitudes which is an altogether more serious issue and raises unpalatable questions about vetting speakers.<BR/><BR/>Did Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1164016913339162892006-11-20T10:01:00.000+00:002006-11-20T10:01:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1164011399495100402006-11-20T08:29:00.000+00:002006-11-20T08:29:00.000+00:00Oh, yeah. Telling autistics that they can't judge...Oh, yeah. Telling autistics that they can't judge another's speechifying and roll their eyes in response is much like telling a Touretter not to tic. <BR/><BR/>Being an "expert" is core to autism. We become experts, it's what we do. In my opinion anyway, which is always right, because I'm an expert. :-)<BR/><BR/>I have a little eye rolling, tiara wearing icon on my blog! <BR/><BR/> I can be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163993732001805662006-11-20T03:35:00.000+00:002006-11-20T03:35:00.000+00:00Something that stuck me at the last aspie conferen...Something that stuck me at the last aspie conference I went to was the panel of aspies behaving mostly proper,,, except later when I heard the comments of someone saying when one person spoke another aspie was rolling his eyes as if to say the other one had no crediblity... but that was only part of it,,, <BR/> To me sitting in the audience with other autistics stimming and walking around it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163987315890974892006-11-20T01:48:00.000+00:002006-11-20T01:48:00.000+00:00There goes Mike with his predictable Gabriel Oak i...There goes Mike with his predictable Gabriel Oak impression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163984816627471042006-11-20T01:06:00.000+00:002006-11-20T01:06:00.000+00:00Larry1. You broke the social rules. There was a sp...Larry<BR/>1. You broke the social rules. There was a speaker and there was an audience. He was there at our invitation. We owed him a fair hearing. Afterwards there should have been an opportunity to challenge him. There was not. But we did not know that at the time. <BR/>2. It was probably counter productive in as much as the audience resented the style of your intervention instead of attending Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163953284050459062006-11-19T16:21:00.000+00:002006-11-19T16:21:00.000+00:00Larry as the fox your secret is"it is only with th...Larry as the fox your secret is<BR/>"it is only with the heart that one can see righty;What is essential is is invisible to the eye"<BR/><BR/>all my love<BR/><BR/>"the rose"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163951859367222282006-11-19T15:57:00.000+00:002006-11-19T15:57:00.000+00:00Larry,your reaction tells you some thing about you...Larry,your reaction tells you some thing about you. Are you not the person who is pretending to be normal to get on? Maybe the NAS is the little prince and you are their tamed fox who is stuck in the garden of eden with just a few snakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163946341972698552006-11-19T14:25:00.000+00:002006-11-19T14:25:00.000+00:00Autism is a disability and with that it should be ...Autism is a disability and with that it should be recognized in the workplace and society. Whatever 'normal' is for an autistic that's what it is. NTs change behaviour to fit in (not that they should, nor are they hiding a disability in the process).<BR/><BR/>I suppose it is one's right to 'fit in' whether NT or ND. The ability to do that for NDs will depend on the severity of the condition.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163944818071201602006-11-19T14:00:00.000+00:002006-11-19T14:00:00.000+00:00I think we all spend our lives pretending in many ...I think we all spend our lives pretending in many ways. I sometimes wonder just what message I'm sending out by coloring my hair; I like the way it looks, but how much am I contributing to a culture that places too much value on youth and beauty? We also make social statements with the clothes we wear, and with our cars if we drive, and with the places where we choose to live. It's unavoidableabfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163923500535335552006-11-19T08:05:00.000+00:002006-11-19T08:05:00.000+00:00But, Larry, I always have it right, all right. :-...But, Larry, I always have it right, all right. :-) You must have taken what I writ wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163921613138942092006-11-19T07:33:00.000+00:002006-11-19T07:33:00.000+00:00Why ought there not be diversity within (neuro)div...Why ought there not be diversity within (neuro)diversity?kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163902578961398542006-11-19T02:16:00.000+00:002006-11-19T02:16:00.000+00:00"I am an anomaly. I just do not easily fit in any ..."I am an anomaly. I just do not easily fit in any stereotypes."<BR/><BR/>You are not an "anomaly". You're an individual, and a pretty special 'individual'.<BR/>Some people can't "pretend to be 'normal'", no matter how hard they try, and the NAS will understand this.<BR/>It doesn't matter if you don't "fit in any stereotypes".<BR/>You are not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163893976662899782006-11-18T23:52:00.000+00:002006-11-18T23:52:00.000+00:00Well lets put it another way, It was someone who h...Well lets put it another way, It was someone who has as much claim to the spectrum as I who I was disputing with (yeah I know I disagree with Michelle Dawson all the time but this was a different arena)<BR/><BR/>I think Mike has said it elsewhere that is not altogether seemly to be seen to publicly dispute with ones "peers" given what we are up against out there.<BR/><BR/>Anyway I have however Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163889795115856052006-11-18T22:43:00.000+00:002006-11-18T22:43:00.000+00:00Hey Larry,I wasn't there, obviously, but it's a ca...Hey Larry,<BR/><BR/>I wasn't there, obviously, but it's a case of "live and learn." Isn't it? You learned something the audience learned something, it doesn't seem like it was all that awful.<BR/><BR/>The NIMH doctor who is going to do this horrible chelation study on autistic kids soon or is doing it now... has promoted something called PANDAS which is strep infection caused tics and OCD Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1163888879191189822006-11-18T22:27:00.000+00:002006-11-18T22:27:00.000+00:00Better to be put off by who you are than be impres...Better to be put off by who you are than be impressed by who you are not, in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>It's a waste of energy & venom to sting at random but necessary for survival when circumstances require.notmercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140443664793533935noreply@blogger.com