Autism Quote by Thomas D. Taylor

“As in the matter of cures, treatments are usually argued against using patient's rights or civil rights as a defense. What makes the civil rights defense weak is that, to date, autism is not recognized as a minority population, but as a mental disorder (despite certain factions' attempts to get…” quote by Thomas D. Taylor — Download Open image

““As in the matter of cures, treatments are usually argued against using patient's rights or civil rights as a defense. What makes the civil rights defense weak is that, to date, autism is not recognized as a minority population, but as a mental disorder (despite certain factions' attempts to get the UN to recognize autism as a cultural minority). More””

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“Unfortunately, by this time it didn't matter. Self-diagnosed autistics and fakers were asking diagnosed autistics whether or not they had a diagnosis, and if…

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“Be that as it may, some of those that would no longer be diagnosed “autistic” today were diagnosed on the autism spectrum and accepted as autistic then, and while no one can say with certainty if members of this select population of people were among the troublemakers on the board, one must acknowledge that it is a possibility, as many…

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“This hardly needs to be stated, but if a faith healer tries to “heal” an autistic person, the implied message is that the “healer”…

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“Whom a person in the autism community is friends with is very important. Alliances are forged against people who have certain friends, and these alliances may be very strong and very powerful. This is why some bullies have managed to stay in the autism community for more than a decade. These “allies” who may have either been brainwashed, or who…

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“The person generally agreed upon by many to be the founder of Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, described autistics as “Little Monsters”…

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“It seems as though autism is being portrayed in literature less as a diagnosis, and more as a minority lifestyle. Sometimes it is even portrayed as a culture or cultural imperative. Much of what is written by “autistics” is actually being written by “self diagnosed” autistics, and no matter who is doing the writing (autistic author or self-diagnosed author), plots,…

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“Recently, Temple Grandin's mother, Eustacia Cutler, wrote and article that tried to explain why some autistic men seem to have a sexual preoccupation with children and child pornography. It was an article that needn't have been written if no such preoccupation existed, or if it existed on a level equal with that of men in the rest of society, else…

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“The problem with this theory is that ◦ Thimerosal is not mercury itself, but a mercury compound ◦ Thimerosal is not the more dangerous methyl mercury compound, but the less dangerous ethyl mercury compound Why should any of that matter? Mercury itself can accumulate in someone's system and then stay there indefinitely. The half life of methyl…

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“Hypersensitivities occur when sensitivities are strongly heightened, many times uncomfortably so. Hypo-sensitivities occur when there is a lesser reaction to a sensation than one would expect, or else a delay in the reaction between the stimulus and the response. Given that many people cannot imagine what an autistic's sensory processing capabilities look like, it might be wise to give autistics…

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“Because “cold” mothers exhibit traits (possibly as the result of genetic makeup) similar to those displayed by autistic children, it was at one time…

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“An additional problem occurs when people may infer they have synesthesia when they really do not, or they may pretend to have it when…

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“It has happened that a group of autistics, who were considered radical by many, attempted to petition the United Nations to recognize autistics as a minority group, but to date, the UN has ignored them. Had the UN designated autistics as a minority, it might have given autistics the ability to respond to bullying and teasing with hate crime suits,…

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