Are we there yet?
The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know
I think I've read that article 153 million times now. I love it. I love what it speaks to in terms of our perception of 'otherness'. I once did an essay in which I accused modern medicine of engaging in the medieval style, divination for prognosis, teratological practices when it came to dealing mental health issues. I also engaged my mother (who was doing her masters in child psychology at the time) in battles about the irrelevance of IQ tests given their cultural and linguistic biases, how unwilling the world (academia in particular) was to bend to different ways of thinking and instead sought to medicate and 'rehabilitate' those who couldn't follow traditional learning styles. I boycotted my own admittance to the 'enrichment' classes on the basis that I felt I was better off learning skills I didn't have from my peers and helping them with the skills I did have - and I was lazy and didn't want the extra work. I was young and naive and rebelling against whatever my liberal upbringing would allow me to.
But I digress.
What I'm trying to say is 'yay! I win!' and I'm really glad that science has taken a turn in this direction.
I think I've read that article 153 million times now. I love it. I love what it speaks to in terms of our perception of 'otherness'. I once did an essay in which I accused modern medicine of engaging in the medieval style, divination for prognosis, teratological practices when it came to dealing mental health issues. I also engaged my mother (who was doing her masters in child psychology at the time) in battles about the irrelevance of IQ tests given their cultural and linguistic biases, how unwilling the world (academia in particular) was to bend to different ways of thinking and instead sought to medicate and 'rehabilitate' those who couldn't follow traditional learning styles. I boycotted my own admittance to the 'enrichment' classes on the basis that I felt I was better off learning skills I didn't have from my peers and helping them with the skills I did have - and I was lazy and didn't want the extra work. I was young and naive and rebelling against whatever my liberal upbringing would allow me to.
But I digress.
What I'm trying to say is 'yay! I win!' and I'm really glad that science has taken a turn in this direction.