tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post7468890744083937415..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Getting Ready to Protest Autism SpeaksIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-36657201854263781152010-10-18T18:29:19.206-04:002010-10-18T18:29:19.206-04:00>> And if I could increase people's empa...>> And if I could increase people's empathy and <br />>> ability to relate to each other, then I most<br />>> certainly would."<br />><br />> So YOU should have the right to change others <br />> according to YOUR preferences? Without asking <br />> them whether they are interested? <br />><br />> Does the word "eugenics" say anything to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-8400188202726933332010-10-18T12:31:33.416-04:002010-10-18T12:31:33.416-04:00DS is a very touchy subject for the anti-eugenics ...DS is a very touchy subject for the anti-eugenics crowd. There would be many (this I think would be the official ASAN position) who would argue that with advancing technology we can do more and more for those with DS and we are seeing more people with DS capable of leading functional lives. I am a “moderate” on the eugenics issue and would argue that people with DS at the moment by and large are Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-55633624660932333952010-10-18T11:39:25.205-04:002010-10-18T11:39:25.205-04:00How does the anti-eugenics crowd feel about those ...How does the anti-eugenics crowd feel about those with Downs Syndrome?<br /><br />Would you change them if you could without their consent? Are they differently abled or disabled IYO?The Bray of Fundiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552912825252813495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-47622451799030701422010-10-16T11:26:10.068-04:002010-10-16T11:26:10.068-04:00"And if I could increase people's empathy..."And if I could increase people's empathy and ability to relate to each other, then I most certainly would."<br /><br />-So YOU should have the right to change others according to YOUR preferences? Without asking them whether they are interested? <br /><br />Does the word "eugenics" say anything to you?Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-47937643904682638332010-10-13T17:35:19.039-04:002010-10-13T17:35:19.039-04:00I know that we may disagree on this, but I think t...I know that we may disagree on this, but I think that you would be smart and funny with or without Asperger's.<br /><br />And I really don't get the preference to have this particular collection of symptoms than NOT to have it. I think we would have neurodiversity with or without Asperger's. People are different. People are always going to be different. My siblings and I, and my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-54390882133360531792010-10-12T14:39:51.751-04:002010-10-12T14:39:51.751-04:00And this is, you opine, for a human being, an equa...And this is, you opine, for a human being, an equally valid, but merely alternative weltanschauung, to one that IS empathic and that relates better to people than to ideas and objects ?!?!<br /><br />I guess this is a new iteration of the old מחלוקת between the cerebral lomdisha Talmudists on the one hand and the early Beshtian Khasidim and Salanterian Mussarists OTOH.The Bray of Fundiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552912825252813495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-49190118341668182662010-10-11T23:16:15.704-04:002010-10-11T23:16:15.704-04:00A syndrome technically is not something negative. ...A syndrome technically is not something negative. It simply means a collection of symptoms. In practice the word “syndrome” does have negative connotations so if one is trying to take Asperger syndrome out of the medical category and make it a social one (along the lines of a minority group) then it makes sense to drop the syndrome part. <br /><br /><br />I would describe the Asperger Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-5532097769858132692010-10-11T13:41:14.619-04:002010-10-11T13:41:14.619-04:00Why is it called a syndrome? Do you hold that a c...Why is it called a syndrome? Do you hold that a change in nomenclature is in order?<br /><br />Are you smart and funny BECAUSE of Aspergers or IN SPITE of Aspergers or neither?<br /><br />If possible to explain to someone who lacks Aspergers how does the <i>weltanshaung</i> of ALL those with it differ from ALL those who lack it?The Bray of Fundiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552912825252813495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-86395616456265977822010-10-11T13:32:37.979-04:002010-10-11T13:32:37.979-04:00Asperger syndrome is a way of looking at the world...Asperger syndrome is a way of looking at the world, not a disease. I might be tempted to take a “cure” if offered simply to make my life easier for myself. I would in no way be making myself better. I like the person that I am now. He is smart and funny even if he has to polish up on some of the technical points of dealing with other people.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-71710079898644508952010-10-11T12:48:44.231-04:002010-10-11T12:48:44.231-04:00that I was a disease that needed to be eradicated....<i>that <b>I was</b> a disease that needed to be eradicated. </i><br /><br />I don't get it. If a breast cancer patient in remission went to a 10K walk to benefit breast cancer research would she conclude that SHE was a disease that needed to be eradicated or that she suffered from one that needed to be eradicated?<br /><br />If you could choose to be born once more (don't like the The Bray of Fundiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552912825252813495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-70133405319785900732010-10-09T23:48:11.082-04:002010-10-09T23:48:11.082-04:00More power to you! Neurodiversity is what makes hu...More power to you! Neurodiversity is what makes humanity so successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-33664309625350406842010-10-09T22:34:07.156-04:002010-10-09T22:34:07.156-04:00Thanks.Thanks.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-26913173784522384632010-10-09T22:03:45.552-04:002010-10-09T22:03:45.552-04:00- "standing up TO neurotypical bigots."
...- "standing up TO neurotypical bigots."<br /><br />Have fun at the walk!!! I wish I could join you!!!!Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com