tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post7307809984610432196..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Autism Speaks Style Zionism: American Friends of Tel Aviv University Dream of Eliminating AutismIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-62054505512254533682011-07-10T18:51:37.702-04:002011-07-10T18:51:37.702-04:00Yikes! Where did you find this poster?Yikes! Where did you find this poster?Melanie Yergeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727072919605955452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-11962772247488125852011-06-30T01:37:43.318-04:002011-06-30T01:37:43.318-04:00I acknowledge a practical value to social skills, ...I acknowledge a practical value to social skills, just not any moral authority. To give an example, I enjoy goose stepping, a type of walk usually associated with the Nazis. I certainly get some weird looks when I do it and I admit that it is not in my self-interest to do so. For this reason I know longer make a habit of goose stepping down a public street. That being said there is nothing wrong Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-59451865261859363592011-06-29T19:10:03.091-04:002011-06-29T19:10:03.091-04:00Izgad- being able to express yourself is what blog...Izgad- being able to express yourself is what blogging is all about. I do it myself.I do think you misread parents of autistic children however. You need to give us more credit.<br />While there may be things that you find inane, as by the way my boys do as well, they are necessary social conventions in order to be able to take care of your self in this world.<br /><br />By the way you never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-51437960129166850852011-06-29T15:05:22.103-04:002011-06-29T15:05:22.103-04:00You know, I have absolutely zero problem when pare...You know, I have absolutely zero problem when parents of children with low-functioning autism want to eliminate autism. Because it is not pleasant to be constantly worried about who will take care of your child when you die, or that your child will wander off without asking and get hurt, or that you won't be able to afford the medical care necessary to make sure that your child has the best Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-13170191002054393292011-06-29T14:31:26.686-04:002011-06-29T14:31:26.686-04:00Thank you, Izgad!!Thank you, Izgad!!Clarissahttp://clarissasblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-45267110706073779022011-06-29T14:21:55.454-04:002011-06-29T14:21:55.454-04:00Clarissa
Help yourself. In general you should fee...Clarissa<br /><br />Help yourself. In general you should feel free to use any picture I put up. <br /><br />Elise<br /><br />Just as it is difficult for a white person to appreciate some of the subtle ways they place blacks in a situation of second class status through taking white as the standard of normal, it is difficult for neurotypicals to appreciate what they do to autistics by taking Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-83776803023702780362011-06-29T13:44:47.639-04:002011-06-29T13:44:47.639-04:00So how is it wrong for people to choose to express...So how is it wrong for people to choose to express opinions on what they observe around them?Clarissahttp://clarissasblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-74991600497855422502011-06-29T13:42:25.723-04:002011-06-29T13:42:25.723-04:00Yes the add said autism, but as someone who is hig...Yes the add said autism, but as someone who is highly functional you should, as I said, know that everything is not directed at you. No one would force you to change if you do not want to. I also think your analogy is way off equating it with "curing Judaism." The gentile world has already tried that and it didn't catch on with the majority of Jews in any form.<br /><br />I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-38757405489548572632011-06-29T13:37:07.588-04:002011-06-29T13:37:07.588-04:00Wow, this is weird. And scary.
Can I borrow your ...Wow, this is weird. And scary.<br /><br />Can I borrow your picture for my blog? Linking back to you, of course.Clarissahttp://clarissasblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-86099198365944466922011-06-29T13:20:30.808-04:002011-06-29T13:20:30.808-04:00I do not claim that every who is autistic is like ...I do not claim that every who is autistic is like me. Notice that the ad said "autism" not autistic adults diapers. As an Asperger I am on the autism spectrum. So when someone talks about eliminating autism they mean me as well. If someone said they wanted to cure people of their Judaism. It would not be much of a defense for them to later come back and say they just want to cure those Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-45965438132559026232011-06-29T12:49:25.375-04:002011-06-29T12:49:25.375-04:00I can't tell whether you are seriously anti-Is...I can't tell whether you are seriously anti-Israel, joking, or being idiotic. <br /><br />The problem here is as usual that the neurodiversity crowd thinks that everyone with autism is like them. Try living as a nonverbal adult autistic in diapers who can't have their needs and want expressed and then talk to me about your illusion to ethnic cleansing and finding a cure for autism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com