The story is impressive but coverage of autistics with savant abilities I believe conveys an unrealistic ideal to those who are not. 1 in 200 people with autism actually have some incredible ability, whatever it may be, and I think that group is marginalized.
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My point is that it doesn't matter if your friend ( I think you're straight up lying) didn't get media coverage - he should of if he didn't, and this kid deserved all the media attention that he got. Lets just be happy for him, Okay? Can we drop it? Good.
Jon Black @ Pleasant View Christian School did it. It was cool. The other team didn't care because they were up by 30 points. They let him shoot threes and he was on fire and ungaurded. It might have made the local paper, but not the Nashville paper. It was cool because Jon was a good guy who got hot in his one moment on the court. It was NOT worthy of national news.
*shrugs* lots of stuff like this goes on the news all the time and it normally just flies over my head. i didn't think anyone would take this so personally.
If a player on any basketball team were to unleash six 3 in a 4 minute span the crowd would go nuts! Every fan of that team could recognize that he wasn't a starter. Now add the fact that it was his 1 time to EVER be in a Varsity game! Plus those 4 min. were the LAST 4 min. of the GAME! It is note worthy to mention that he is autistic but the story isn't about the disability its just about a kid having a chance to show something and succeeding with that opportunity.
ok, read the comment I left explaining how I knew a kid in highschool who wasn't autistic who did this. As for the last 4 minutes of a game: The last 4 minutes of the game was a blowout. They were the least meaningful time off the game.
You're just a flat out idiot. I have no respect for your comments. You must not be a basketball player, or come from a place where basketball even matters. Ask yourself this question: If a brandnew NBA draft player road the bench all season long and then in the last game of the regular season, in the last 4 minutes of the game he threw down 6 3 pointers, do you think that would be on ESPN SportsCenter? If you said no - don't respond. I don't want to hear more ignorance from you.
Your logic is failing. First off, if they're in the NBA, the guy would have this thing called "defense" played against him when they looked at him and said, oh wait, he's not autistic I don't feel bad about gaurding him. No one on the other team was going to block the kid's shots, and that was my original point. It was an unfair situation to put the other team in.
I saw this kid on Oprah recently. I don't mean this in a hateful way, but you can tell that there is something "different" about him, especially when he talks. I think he has more than just autism going on.
There is a kid at the camp I work at in the summer who's autistic. He is really just another kid, aside from when he talks and the things he talks about. He doesn't sound like this cat on the basketball video. He's a really strong swimmer. I don't think that should make the news, but none the less, I give him props for it.
They put in an autistic kid to shoot threes after they were ahead by double digits. This is wrong. If I was on the other team a fight would have insued. You don't put someone on the court who has a mental disability, because it's saying to the other team. "This kid with a mental disability is better than your player at the same position." It's not heart warming. What would be heart warming would be the other team coming back and winning.
The kid isn't just autistic, the way he plays is astonishing- he scored 20 points in 4 minutes. Isn't that savant or what? Some proffetionals run around the court for AGES until they make 1 score. What you said was very insulting as if to say that an autistic person is not allowed to be better than a neuro typical person at anything. What would be heart warming is if you apologised for the horrible thing you said. Us autistics don't take that attitude kindly.
So what do you think the story would have been if the other teams point-gaurd played full court D on him and blocked every shot he took? The point of the story is that this kid with a disability was able to shoot a bunch of threes. It does not mean that he's better at basketball than the kid he went in for. That's why he played the last 4 minutes of his senior year and not a minute more in his whole career. I apologize for absolutely nothing.
No one was saying that he was better than anyone. I know- if he wasn't autistic, no one would care but I think that it is great that autism is getting such a positive vibe because of this story rather than the stupid epidemic crap and meloncholy blah. There is little positive news like this on autism- it should've made you smile but of course you had to take offence to it.
You sounded like you thought you were superior to us in which case you cannot be happy that don't have a mental disorder because I won't allow you to be happy. Stop talking down to us.
But see, for someone to get excited about this video, they have to feel they are superior (or have autism). If a person didn't feel superior, then they wouldn't cheer or flip out like everyone in the auditorium. I am not saying superior in a malicious way, I'm saying superior in a "I can play basketball and you're obviously not supposed to be able to" way.
No, thats not how it works- people feel happy about watching this not because they feel superior, because they are enlightened by what they saw. Also, what do you mean by "I can play basketball and you're obviously not supposed to be able to"? Are you trying to say that we cannot play basket ball? You are hanging from a VERY thin thread.
If Autistic people could play basketball, this would not be a news story. The reason he went in for the first time in the last four minutes of his last game his senior year was not that they were waiting to unleash him on a team. That is what I mean by "obviously not supposed to be able to." If you were obviously able to play basketball THIS WOULDN'T BE A STORY.
Actually, that is a load of bollocks. People with autism can do sports but it was the skill of that kid that made it a news sory. Not to mention that people always believe that autistics all have motor problems which isnt always true. So, what other flawed perceptions do you have?
I guess you're right because when I was in highschool there actually was a kid who scored a good ammount of points in his last game as a senior, having never played before. Yes, the people who knew him were excited about it. Did it get national news coverage? NO. Did it get local news coverage? NO. Well why does this story? Because he's Autistic. That's the main difference. The kid I'm talking about score in double digits as well, was in for about the same ammount of time.
Did you even bother to read what I said earlier? I said that yes, he did only get this news coverage because he was autistic but consider the bad autism news that is spreading like a plague. This is GOOD news. It may be useless news but it's GOOD news.
If a player on any basketball team were to unleash six 3 in a 4 minute span the crowd would go nuts! Every fan of that team could recognize that he wasn't a starter. Now add the fact that it was his 1 time to EVER be in a Varsity game! Plus those 4 min. were the LAST 4 min. of the GAME! It is note worthy to mention that he is autistic but the story isn't about the disability its just about a kid having a chance to show something and succeeding with that opportunity.
Ahem- Mercury poisoning? Autism epidemic? Autism speaks? Defeat autism now? General autism ignorance? The news LOVES to pick at mental disorders, like autism and normally, the news is negative news.
I've never seen a piece in the news that was saying "Autistic people should be looked down upon" is what I mean by negative. In terms of Autism being negative in terms of effects on a human being, yes, there are news stories about that. Trying to find out what causes Autism isn't negative, at least that's not how I meant it.
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
Go to hell, CorneliusPickle! What makes you think you are better than autistucs? Try doing something for us- research it and stop moaning about something you do not understand.
I have noticed your comments on a few of these videos. I have lived with autism and asperger's syndrome with my 14 and 12 year old sons. It is such a struggle for them, and the ones who love them, to fit into our judgemental world. It is everyday ... forever. They are truly unique and special. They are accepting and trusting of everyone and have gifts that we need to reach out and find. May God bless you and help you through your hate.
kuraigaka well not really because luckerly it doesnt effect me as much as other people. but once in a while i might have a little meeting with a phychologist. And lately ive been having discussions with this doctor because ive been diagnosed with o.c.d (obbsessice compulsive disorder if you dont know) Any way that must of been cool seeing him! And dont worry about the comment about the eyebrow, there the comments im most interested in lol.
Yeah, I was diagnosed with autism at the ripe old age of 3. I'm actually a year behind at school because they couldn't find me a place to go (I was wild and I still have problems coping with a normal classroom). OCD, huh? Man, I know what its like walking down a corridor of something and I HAVE to tap on something like a MILLION times (although, maybe my case is very tame).
hi im autistic and loads of people say its a disability but personaly i think its a gift! anyway im 12 and have got this book called freeks geeks and aspergas syndrome or something like that.(which is like autism) and i reccommend it to all you that are interested.(the author have got AS)
I bought that, too. I've actually met Luke Jackson (authour of the book) and he's really cool. He's got an eyebrow piercing (I dunno why I've decided to share that- I thought it was cool). So, leegunner, do you go to a communication disorder unit at school or do you see a communication psychologist or something? I'm 15 and have aspergers syndrome and go to a CDU. Yeah, isn't it annoying when people call autism a tragedy?
The story is impressive but coverage of autistics with savant abilities I believe conveys an unrealistic ideal to those who are not. 1 in 200 people with autism actually have some incredible ability, whatever it may be, and I think that group is marginalized.
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great story but they aren't really guarding him
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fowlergod123 4 years ago
hey u think ur funny cut that crap with the chain letter on a nice story
guitargodalec 4 years ago
Autistic people are somehow afraid of society, but are wonderfully skilled at something else.This autistic teenager is a good example of this.
Artman9 5 years ago
there not always extremely talented
3vilm4att 3 years ago
My point is that it doesn't matter if your friend ( I think you're straight up lying) didn't get media coverage - he should of if he didn't, and this kid deserved all the media attention that he got. Lets just be happy for him, Okay? Can we drop it? Good.
michaeldame 5 years ago
Jon Black @ Pleasant View Christian School did it. It was cool. The other team didn't care because they were up by 30 points. They let him shoot threes and he was on fire and ungaurded. It might have made the local paper, but not the Nashville paper. It was cool because Jon was a good guy who got hot in his one moment on the court. It was NOT worthy of national news.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
*shrugs* lots of stuff like this goes on the news all the time and it normally just flies over my head. i didn't think anyone would take this so personally.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
If a player on any basketball team were to unleash six 3 in a 4 minute span the crowd would go nuts! Every fan of that team could recognize that he wasn't a starter. Now add the fact that it was his 1 time to EVER be in a Varsity game! Plus those 4 min. were the LAST 4 min. of the GAME! It is note worthy to mention that he is autistic but the story isn't about the disability its just about a kid having a chance to show something and succeeding with that opportunity.
michaeldame 5 years ago
ok, read the comment I left explaining how I knew a kid in highschool who wasn't autistic who did this. As for the last 4 minutes of a game: The last 4 minutes of the game was a blowout. They were the least meaningful time off the game.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
You're just a flat out idiot. I have no respect for your comments. You must not be a basketball player, or come from a place where basketball even matters. Ask yourself this question: If a brandnew NBA draft player road the bench all season long and then in the last game of the regular season, in the last 4 minutes of the game he threw down 6 3 pointers, do you think that would be on ESPN SportsCenter? If you said no - don't respond. I don't want to hear more ignorance from you.
michaeldame 5 years ago
Your logic is failing. First off, if they're in the NBA, the guy would have this thing called "defense" played against him when they looked at him and said, oh wait, he's not autistic I don't feel bad about gaurding him. No one on the other team was going to block the kid's shots, and that was my original point. It was an unfair situation to put the other team in.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
How is it unfair? How do YOu know that the other team knew he was autistic?
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
I saw this kid on Oprah recently. I don't mean this in a hateful way, but you can tell that there is something "different" about him, especially when he talks. I think he has more than just autism going on.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
No, that's just the autism (as far as I know). I watched something else on youtube about him and he just seemed like a regular autie to me.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
There is a kid at the camp I work at in the summer who's autistic. He is really just another kid, aside from when he talks and the things he talks about. He doesn't sound like this cat on the basketball video. He's a really strong swimmer. I don't think that should make the news, but none the less, I give him props for it.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
They put in an autistic kid to shoot threes after they were ahead by double digits. This is wrong. If I was on the other team a fight would have insued. You don't put someone on the court who has a mental disability, because it's saying to the other team. "This kid with a mental disability is better than your player at the same position." It's not heart warming. What would be heart warming would be the other team coming back and winning.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
The kid isn't just autistic, the way he plays is astonishing- he scored 20 points in 4 minutes. Isn't that savant or what? Some proffetionals run around the court for AGES until they make 1 score. What you said was very insulting as if to say that an autistic person is not allowed to be better than a neuro typical person at anything. What would be heart warming is if you apologised for the horrible thing you said. Us autistics don't take that attitude kindly.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
So what do you think the story would have been if the other teams point-gaurd played full court D on him and blocked every shot he took? The point of the story is that this kid with a disability was able to shoot a bunch of threes. It does not mean that he's better at basketball than the kid he went in for. That's why he played the last 4 minutes of his senior year and not a minute more in his whole career. I apologize for absolutely nothing.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
No one was saying that he was better than anyone. I know- if he wasn't autistic, no one would care but I think that it is great that autism is getting such a positive vibe because of this story rather than the stupid epidemic crap and meloncholy blah. There is little positive news like this on autism- it should've made you smile but of course you had to take offence to it.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
It makes me smile that I don't have Autism.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
Go to hell.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
Go to hell
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
I can't be happy I don't have a mental disorder?
jonas11hex 5 years ago
You sounded like you thought you were superior to us in which case you cannot be happy that don't have a mental disorder because I won't allow you to be happy. Stop talking down to us.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
But see, for someone to get excited about this video, they have to feel they are superior (or have autism). If a person didn't feel superior, then they wouldn't cheer or flip out like everyone in the auditorium. I am not saying superior in a malicious way, I'm saying superior in a "I can play basketball and you're obviously not supposed to be able to" way.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
No, thats not how it works- people feel happy about watching this not because they feel superior, because they are enlightened by what they saw. Also, what do you mean by "I can play basketball and you're obviously not supposed to be able to"? Are you trying to say that we cannot play basket ball? You are hanging from a VERY thin thread.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
If Autistic people could play basketball, this would not be a news story. The reason he went in for the first time in the last four minutes of his last game his senior year was not that they were waiting to unleash him on a team. That is what I mean by "obviously not supposed to be able to." If you were obviously able to play basketball THIS WOULDN'T BE A STORY.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
Actually, that is a load of bollocks. People with autism can do sports but it was the skill of that kid that made it a news sory. Not to mention that people always believe that autistics all have motor problems which isnt always true. So, what other flawed perceptions do you have?
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
I guess you're right because when I was in highschool there actually was a kid who scored a good ammount of points in his last game as a senior, having never played before. Yes, the people who knew him were excited about it. Did it get national news coverage? NO. Did it get local news coverage? NO. Well why does this story? Because he's Autistic. That's the main difference. The kid I'm talking about score in double digits as well, was in for about the same ammount of time.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
Did you even bother to read what I said earlier? I said that yes, he did only get this news coverage because he was autistic but consider the bad autism news that is spreading like a plague. This is GOOD news. It may be useless news but it's GOOD news.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
If a player on any basketball team were to unleash six 3 in a 4 minute span the crowd would go nuts! Every fan of that team could recognize that he wasn't a starter. Now add the fact that it was his 1 time to EVER be in a Varsity game! Plus those 4 min. were the LAST 4 min. of the GAME! It is note worthy to mention that he is autistic but the story isn't about the disability its just about a kid having a chance to show something and succeeding with that opportunity.
michaeldame 5 years ago
Yeah, that too.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
bad autism news? I really can't remember any news stories that paint Autism in an unfair negative way.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
Ahem- Mercury poisoning? Autism epidemic? Autism speaks? Defeat autism now? General autism ignorance? The news LOVES to pick at mental disorders, like autism and normally, the news is negative news.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
I've never seen a piece in the news that was saying "Autistic people should be looked down upon" is what I mean by negative. In terms of Autism being negative in terms of effects on a human being, yes, there are news stories about that. Trying to find out what causes Autism isn't negative, at least that's not how I meant it.
jonas11hex 5 years ago
Look CLOSER.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
that's a great story, nice video.
w1104717 5 years ago
I'm autistic. So, if you met me. Would you shoot me?
daghik15 5 years ago
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
KarenEwert 5 years ago
wow you read me like a book!!!! I didnt know spastics could mind read.
LetsAllDisco 5 years ago
a spastic person is physically disabled and even physicall disabled people find that word insulting.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
KarenEwert 5 years ago
Just ignore the narcissistic sociopath, CorneliusPickle. He obviously has a severe case of low self-esteem, probably from an Erectile Dysfunction such as Premature Ejaculation or Inability to Establish or Maintain an Erection. I recommend intense Psychoanalysis, but first he must find a Gastroenterologist knowledgable in removing his head from his rectum.
KarenEwert 5 years ago
Go to hell, CorneliusPickle! What makes you think you are better than autistucs? Try doing something for us- research it and stop moaning about something you do not understand.
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
Uhh I never said I had kids. Maybe you're thinking of chipp. I may be autistic but you are fucking illiterate.
ensrifraff 5 years ago
You know it's a shame that mercury doesn't cause autism or we could cure you by making you one of us.
ensrifraff 5 years ago
And they say we lack empathy you fucking scumbag piece of garbage.
ensrifraff 5 years ago
Cool, but the kid doesn't have much motor disability...
endemicgoogle 5 years ago
I have noticed your comments on a few of these videos. I have lived with autism and asperger's syndrome with my 14 and 12 year old sons. It is such a struggle for them, and the ones who love them, to fit into our judgemental world. It is everyday ... forever. They are truly unique and special. They are accepting and trusting of everyone and have gifts that we need to reach out and find. May God bless you and help you through your hate.
chipp39 5 years ago
kuraigaka well not really because luckerly it doesnt effect me as much as other people. but once in a while i might have a little meeting with a phychologist. And lately ive been having discussions with this doctor because ive been diagnosed with o.c.d (obbsessice compulsive disorder if you dont know) Any way that must of been cool seeing him! And dont worry about the comment about the eyebrow, there the comments im most interested in lol.
leegunner 5 years ago
Yeah, I was diagnosed with autism at the ripe old age of 3. I'm actually a year behind at school because they couldn't find me a place to go (I was wild and I still have problems coping with a normal classroom). OCD, huh? Man, I know what its like walking down a corridor of something and I HAVE to tap on something like a MILLION times (although, maybe my case is very tame).
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
I was very touched by this video . I was very touched by Jason and his accomplisments. He is truly an inspiration.
My son is 7 years old and has asperger's syndrome which is on the autistic spectrum.
ediann 5 years ago
hi im autistic and loads of people say its a disability but personaly i think its a gift! anyway im 12 and have got this book called freeks geeks and aspergas syndrome or something like that.(which is like autism) and i reccommend it to all you that are interested.(the author have got AS)
leegunner 5 years ago
I bought that, too. I've actually met Luke Jackson (authour of the book) and he's really cool. He's got an eyebrow piercing (I dunno why I've decided to share that- I thought it was cool). So, leegunner, do you go to a communication disorder unit at school or do you see a communication psychologist or something? I'm 15 and have aspergers syndrome and go to a CDU. Yeah, isn't it annoying when people call autism a tragedy?
KuraiGaka 5 years ago
wow
kevinhardy 5 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnfeIwd0wI Another great video that everyone that has been touched by Autism should see!
dynamicdavid 5 years ago
someone put a hand in his face..
tjmoon 6 years ago
This video is amazing!!!!
westiemom9 6 years ago
This was amazing. He should play all the time.
MSEBONYSEDC 6 years ago