Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", lend them some of your views. I think yours are really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi, so offended too.)
Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
Just a semi-related comment: muscular dystrophy has been linked in some studies to autism. I think members of my family/ancestory show signs of AS at least incl. sensory issue stuff ... and there have been cases of muscular dystophy on my mother's side of the family. My grandmother (diagnosed with bipolar) expected me to develop it when I was young. I think I have weak ankles and wrists and often thought (worried) about muscular dystrophy. I think I'm ok though (I'm 36 now and still ok).
That's really interesting, I didn't know that. Do you mean it's just sensory integration disorder, or it's all the symptoms of AS? I have sometimes wondered if stimming and sensory integration disorder can come from physical disabilities without ASD. But I don't know if that's what you mean.
Ha! *Sorry* ... I have the separate "condition" of not being able to say anything coherently or without an additional entourage of wordiness that struggles to fit inside the character count constraints of this commentary system.
I'm the only one diagnosed with an ASD. I mentioned bipolar as there might be genetic links/cross-overs to that too - or of course, incorrect diagnosis. I think my paternal uncle definitely has (undiagnosed) AS (more evident than in I) and he definitely has sensory -
- ... issues ... and of course there's my neice; I've very confident she has an ASD. I think my parents and sister demonstrate many autistic traits ... and I think my maternal aunt shows a lot of evidence - some traits being stronger than in me ... e.g. she finds it difficult to understand "fiction" in a literary sense: she can't really see the point in it! I think she was apparently similar as a child, to my neice. .... I'm trying to think about maternal-family sensory issues now I've -
- ... mentioned it ... you know: last night (early this morning) when I mentioned that it seemed so clear to me ... but now I'm struggling to remember ... I'm sure there was evidence of that on my maternal family side. But anyway! I only mentioned it in keeping with ASD traits rather than trying to say about it separately. My point was that genetically, there seem to be similarities between ASD occurence and Dechene (can't spell that) muscular dystrophy such that there might be -
- ... coincidence within the same family line albeit not necessarily within the same person as comorbid attributes. Sorry for being so unclear and confusing!!! You have interesting speculation though. I also wonder how hard it is to separate tics from stimming - observationally. I think anyone under stress/anxiety stims - ASD or not. I guess anxiety induced from sensory dysfunction problems and/or other disability might lead to stimming. Interesting.
I guess I'm thinking about cerebral palsy--I don't know a lot of people with CP but just from the fact that they used to be called spastic and the stereotype that when CP people are excited they kind of jerk/throw themselves around and are really effusive--I'm wondering if stimming comes from not being able to express your emotions in conventional facial expressions, and/or with words. This is a harebrained theory, though.
oh I'm such a dunce, wikipedia says that about 1/4 of CP people have to concentrate really hard to do specific motions like holding things or scratching their nose. this explains why CP people would be prone to such dramatic gesturing.
(although I guess you could make a comparison with ASD people finding it easier to do very dramatic physical performances, rather than subtle ones?)
You are a great person (just had to say it).
inocentbystanderhere 9 months ago
Sorry if this message has gone through 13 times!
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
@welcomesodoing that's cool, it was exciting to get so many email notifications :)
gorramdoll 1 year ago
Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", lend them some of your views. I think yours are really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi, so offended too.)
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
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Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
Why won't messages go through, have you disconnected your internet? Or have a sent the same message ten times???
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
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Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
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Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
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Hey Amanda, you should really check out this site called "Autism Hangout", let them have some of your views. I think they are really really important. I'm a psych student, and HFautistic, and I think we need to self-advocate because NTs just can't understand us. And I think you are dead-on, absolutely right! "Disability" needs to be re-defined; and Aspergers (now 'mild autism') has yet to be accurately defined. DSM is not great...version 3 said gay was an illness 4eg! (I'm bi; so offended 2) HP
welcomesodoing 1 year ago
Just a semi-related comment: muscular dystrophy has been linked in some studies to autism. I think members of my family/ancestory show signs of AS at least incl. sensory issue stuff ... and there have been cases of muscular dystophy on my mother's side of the family. My grandmother (diagnosed with bipolar) expected me to develop it when I was young. I think I have weak ankles and wrists and often thought (worried) about muscular dystrophy. I think I'm ok though (I'm 36 now and still ok).
davros1973 2 years ago
That's really interesting, I didn't know that. Do you mean it's just sensory integration disorder, or it's all the symptoms of AS? I have sometimes wondered if stimming and sensory integration disorder can come from physical disabilities without ASD. But I don't know if that's what you mean.
gorramdoll 2 years ago
Ha! *Sorry* ... I have the separate "condition" of not being able to say anything coherently or without an additional entourage of wordiness that struggles to fit inside the character count constraints of this commentary system.
I'm the only one diagnosed with an ASD. I mentioned bipolar as there might be genetic links/cross-overs to that too - or of course, incorrect diagnosis. I think my paternal uncle definitely has (undiagnosed) AS (more evident than in I) and he definitely has sensory -
davros1973 2 years ago
- ... issues ... and of course there's my neice; I've very confident she has an ASD. I think my parents and sister demonstrate many autistic traits ... and I think my maternal aunt shows a lot of evidence - some traits being stronger than in me ... e.g. she finds it difficult to understand "fiction" in a literary sense: she can't really see the point in it! I think she was apparently similar as a child, to my neice. .... I'm trying to think about maternal-family sensory issues now I've -
davros1973 2 years ago
- ... mentioned it ... you know: last night (early this morning) when I mentioned that it seemed so clear to me ... but now I'm struggling to remember ... I'm sure there was evidence of that on my maternal family side. But anyway! I only mentioned it in keeping with ASD traits rather than trying to say about it separately. My point was that genetically, there seem to be similarities between ASD occurence and Dechene (can't spell that) muscular dystrophy such that there might be -
davros1973 2 years ago
- ... coincidence within the same family line albeit not necessarily within the same person as comorbid attributes. Sorry for being so unclear and confusing!!! You have interesting speculation though. I also wonder how hard it is to separate tics from stimming - observationally. I think anyone under stress/anxiety stims - ASD or not. I guess anxiety induced from sensory dysfunction problems and/or other disability might lead to stimming. Interesting.
davros1973 2 years ago
I guess I'm thinking about cerebral palsy--I don't know a lot of people with CP but just from the fact that they used to be called spastic and the stereotype that when CP people are excited they kind of jerk/throw themselves around and are really effusive--I'm wondering if stimming comes from not being able to express your emotions in conventional facial expressions, and/or with words. This is a harebrained theory, though.
gorramdoll 2 years ago
oh I'm such a dunce, wikipedia says that about 1/4 of CP people have to concentrate really hard to do specific motions like holding things or scratching their nose. this explains why CP people would be prone to such dramatic gesturing.
(although I guess you could make a comparison with ASD people finding it easier to do very dramatic physical performances, rather than subtle ones?)
gorramdoll 2 years ago
I agree with you 100%.
chesterroo 2 years ago
thanks
gorramdoll 2 years ago