Living With Autism

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[fuady2j]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD AUTISM

[TheNakedhandnews08]

Zack this really spoke to me. I am marrying a girl the love of my life. She has an autistic brother..one of the smartest Kids Ive ever known and one of the nicest kids. We are gonna be taking guardianship. Friends Family all ask how I can do it. How "We" can handle him. simple I love her I love him. they are 2 of the most amazing People that I know. Anyway..this video really helped me out.

[LittleMissKatiF]

I think you are awesome dude! Go u! : ) Fuck those people who messed with you.

[randompeople607]

This made me feel like instead of a negitive, turn it into a positive. He said he turned it into a gift. That the best way to do it. Like instead of thinking of a glass half empty, i always think of it as half full. :)

[thedevilll1111]

I Know What Hell On Earth Feels Like- I'd Like To Talk Sometime- When You Said You "wish you could explain it better' you never can without conversation.

[natmil1]

My boyfriend actually has autism and I never had a problem with him. He's actually much kinder and smarter than most people. And we have lots in common, even though I've never been diagnosed with autism. I'm a very awkward person in social situations and I learn faster than my classmates, so I might be on the edge of autism.

[Fgsfgswut]

@superdadtv Rationalising self control is something that everybody does. Nobody is born knowing what is and isn't acceptable, it is learned behaviour. Many autistics are allowed by society to transgress social acceptability freely without any consequences, which leads them to become huge assholes. This is because many in society believe that autism is an excuse for bad behaviour.

[superdadtv]

@Fgsfgswut for some it does rob of self control and social ability and others no. As for myself, all self control had to be rationalised, I had to observe to understand that someone stepping on my toe didn't warrant me dragging them through the street. I still have only 2 modes angry or happy, but I learned to cope better than many uneducated. Whn I wrkd in a prison it was clear many were autistic and everyine must deal with consequences regardless of what they or society beleives.

[Fgsfgswut]

@superdadtv (continued) People wth high functioning autism are just as accountable for their actions as anyone else. It isn't a crippling disease that robs the sufferer of all self control and social ability. But because of the viewpoint you happen to share with many uninformed and ignorant people, people with autism often do not have to face the consequences for their actions, coming to believe that there are no consequences for bad behaviour. This makes many autists into assholes.

[Fgsfgswut]

@superdadtv Claiming that antisocial or otherwise "bad" behaviour is caused by something inherently wrong with the person committing such acts (such as an illness or an adverse upbringing) is ridiculous. You obviously have a very naive outlook on life, and you seem ignorant of the broad range of motivations for crime. The same goes for the question of whether autistics can be blamed for their actions or not.

[ParakoopaPete]

@superdadtv You were essentially saying I only find this specific autistic person annoying because he has autism and that I do not understand autism, by that logic I wouldn't find him to be annoying if I as you claim didn't understand autism, which I do.

But then by the same logic you shouldn't be annoyed when gangs kill people because it is the culture they have been subjected to that led to them doing this.

[superdadtv]

@ParakoopaPete what is a bad person. For someone to take another person life, take something from someone or any type of crime, a person must be suffering from some illness or adverse upbringing. Normal people don't do the things you speak of. What is right and wrong, what is good or bad, very subjective topic.