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| If Autistic was Neurotypical |
| Published: October 24, 2007, 3:23 pm |
| Tags: Normal, Assumptions, Disability Blogs, Autism |
| to clarify - neurotypical basically means 'the majority neurological type' or reasonably close to that. The neurological type that our society considers neurotypical will, for the sake of clarity here, be called 'allistic', which means 'other-oriented' or focused on other people. It's important to note that some allistic people are not |
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| Being okay with Me |
| Published: May 13, 2008, 8:40 am |
| Tags: My Personal Experience, Crip Culture, Depression, Disability, Encouragement, Major Depressive Disorder, Neurotypical |
| During the Blog Carnival, I came across a post by Tokah describing how she is often not taken seriously with regard to her health issues. This excerpt was particularly well written: Over the years, I have been accused of exaggerating my symptoms, malingering, making excuses, etc. As it turned out in the end, it was rather |
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| Autism's Neurotypical Heroes |
| Published: June 27, 2008, 6:25 am |
| Tags: Dr Doreen Granpeesheh, Neurotypical, Dr Paul Mcdonnell, Dr Mickey Keenan, Keith Kennedy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism |
| is the heroism of the "neurotypicals" from parents who sacrifice and struggle to raise their autistic children and care for them to the teachers, aides and other educators who try to educate autistic children, accommodate the diverse challeges they present, and in some cases deal with physical harm inflicted by those they try to help. |
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| They are BORN that way... (sigh) |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 5:00 am |
| Neurotypicalism Every Day is an answer to Autism Speaks' scary video, "Autism Every Day.""...We may think it is so sad to see neurotypical children being trained to maintain a group mentality and to forsake true individualism, but at this point it is unlikely that the neurotypical parents of these children will be able to overcome their |
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| The Brave Mavericks of Autism |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 8:15 pm |
| in how to think like a neurotypical person from a plastic surgeon in Santa Monica? Hopefully parents are getting a little more savvy and sticking with treatments that have a little more empirical than a strong personality, a friendly manner and some good schtick to back it up. As Prometheus pointed out, even if the doctor is very serious |
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