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chaoticidealism

Redbook: "Living with Autism"

Jul 26, 2008 18:00

For those of you who don't know, Redbook is a magazine aimed at women in their twenties and thirties. Most of the articles have to do with the typical women's-magazine things--weight loss, sex, fashion, boyfriends, husbands, and occasionally "serious topics" like breast cancer or sexual harassment. This is the group of women who are at exactly the ( Read more... )

autism awareness, curing autism, stereotypes

Comments 9

codeman38 July 27 2008, 00:37:48 UTC

On a related note, I've never quite understood why people seem to refer to everyone "living with autism"...but the actual autistic.

anonymous July 27 2008, 01:23:10 UTC

you go girl!

anonymous July 27 2008, 02:39:18 UTC

Thank you so much for sharing this. I have got to get this article. I will never understand why these stories are written so poorly.
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chaoticidealism July 27 2008, 02:48:49 UTC

The links in the section titles lead to the online version of the article. Please, please don't buy the magazine!

rnk35 July 27 2008, 09:19:17 UTC

I remember telling the Autism Diva, Ms. C., that I was thinking of making a t-shirt with the slogan "Neurotypical Women Frighten Me!" on the front of it. She said she felt the same way about the NT wimminz, just thought my choice of words wasn't quite right for best propaganda effect.

All the best, Justthisguy.

notuntill July 28 2008, 05:17:51 UTC

Apparently, the child was supposed to be her stuffed animal, with no consent as to what she did to him, no feelings, no preferences or sensitivities of his own. I'm sure many children sentenced to child-labour and strange people touching them all the time will scream; its a good thing that there are plenty of vapid celebrities around to comfort their parents from the sight. I hope one day she too finds out what it is like to be a labrat/prisoner.