*eyeroll*

[honeyandvinegar]

Every time a disorder/syndrome/mental difficulty is focussed on...

Dear Christ, in the last few weeks, I've been seething.

Here. My annoyances. Let me show you them.

Comments

[layne67]

Oh sweetie ...

*hugs you and hugs Gav*

[honeyandvinegar]

Lol, I'm okay...! I'm just bugged out by some people who treat autism like it's SOOO TEH KEWL. It's turned into another fun fad for folks. *groans*

*HUGS*

[baranduin]

Good god, I hadn't realized that.

[honeyandvinegar]

Everyone says they're autistic; whether they have trouble in math or don't like being around people sometimes, it's the new, KEWLER ADD.

[slipperieslope]

There are stupid ignorant thoughtless people everywhere and not enuff of them get run over by buses.

[honeyandvinegar]

*BEEP BEEP* Hop on!!

Lol, I think it's just so damned GRATING when people treat thins like this as "something that sets them apart". Yea, it HAS that effect... but...

[honeyandvinegar]

Yep. Thing is, I don't mind the ignorance so much, as long as it's innocent. What I CAN'T stand is not just the ignorance, but CLAIMING to deal with something that they know nothing about, just to 'look different'. We deal with it head on, and even with me and Pan suspecting our OWN Asperger-nature, I don't run amuck yelling about it. I'm undiagnosed. That's like saying "I have a backache--WOW. I wonder if I have a tumor!", to get attention.
I wouldn't trade in my son for a million 'neuro-typical' kids. I've learned to embrace autism and it's possibilities/functions. But it CAN be hard and stressing, and I wish people would stop over-diagnosing... or being idiots about it.

[honeyandvinegar]

I happen to think that I AM an Aspy, but that;s because there's a whole myriad of things. I'm going to see a specialist on it, just so I'm not stupid about it.
I had people throw EVERY-thing at me. "You're ADD/bi-polar/manic/whatever cool disorder I can come up with" etc. I wanted to shove most of the 'suggestors' in a meat grinder, cos' I KNEW it was all fad. But I see a lot of myself in my son, and I've gotten shocked over things that I've realized over the years.
But UNTIL I'M DIAGNOSED, I am NOT as Aspy-case. Aspy-possible, but... oh, people.

[grean]

For every thoughtful, intelligent and caring person in the world there seem to be a half a dozen total idiots. I am sorry you have to deal with any of them.
Hugs your family.

[honeyandvinegar]

Luckily, I only deal with people who see it as a 'cool fad'. It's like... yea, my son's special. But he's not UBER SPESHUL cos' of his autism. He's just a cool kid. *shrugs*