"I would never be so presumptious to self-diagnose and categorize myself on the spectrum. Quite honestly I am coping well enough with social awkwardness, that it really doesn't matter for me one way or another at this point.
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I think what might separate us is that my son, at 9, is still pretty much at your daughters age at 5. I was probably a lot like your son at his age.
Adam, I think you were speaking from a place of empathy and concern. I give you credit for even bringing this subject up, because most people don't give a damn about our children, let alone their rights. Unfortunately, our children are so unique, so niche, EVEN the larger disabled community doesn't always understand…
Might have been a kid with Asperger's or HFA (high functioning autism).
The proposal is for the State to negotiate the price, subsidize the very poor but allow those that can afford it to purchase it. The state would not do the tracking. The device maker does that through a monthly subscription, though you are wrong about the monthly service price being at the most $10. I pay $20, and…
Yeah, she's hot alright and a damn badass mom. Brave as shit. You wouldn't believe how much crap she gets from the public for the mere fact of showing her son in public. She wants people to know what these folks go through because the media won't show it.
I'm autistic as well, Asperger's Syndrome. But you, nor I, don't have the autism we are talking about here. The fact you can even comment and put together a grammatically perfect thought on a computer totally disqualifies you from understanding the life of a severely disabled autistic with global developmental…
Thank you. I hope Adam responds. I think his concern was for the good, I just don't think he has a grasp of the reality, which if you aren't in this "community" you can't possibly understand the issues fully.
Functioning can vary throughout the lifespan. How old are your children now? I was as angry as you when I first read this, but having fought so many autism battles, I took a deep breath, walked away, came back and decided it was time to educate gently as I could. I think Adam has his mindset in the "right" place,…
So this parent was responsible for a caregiver who let this happen, at school? Should they quit their jobs and care for their child 24/7, or earn a living, pay their taxes to their local school districts so their child isn't ignored and just left to wonder and then cause thousands of dollars in manpower to hunt them…
Any child can go missing, but not every child has the inability to talk, communicate and has a tendency to wonder like autistic children. In this particular case, the child was not really a child. This happens with adult autistics as well. If your child is severely mentally retarded, prone to seizures and has no…
What about the poor parents that can't afford these types of devices? The state could negotiate lower prices for each device than an individual parent could and it is far cheaper than spending thousands on manhunts, tying up the court systems against the school systems, which in this case was responsible for…
Angus, I understand your anger, I too felt this way when I first read Adam's piece. But step back, this our chance to educate. The fact he is even writing about autism from what he thinks is protective is positive, even though he got it all wrong, he still has his heart in the right place, we just need to guide him…
We have something in common. See my comment.
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Adam, as a parent to a moderate to severely autistic child, I think Schumer's idea is fantastic. Let me break down your points one by one.
I would guess its from dust storms which are frequent on Mars.
At the end of his NEXT period and beginning his 2nd round with Apple, around 1998.
That is the shareholder presentation, not the Boston presentation. If you want to know the full story on how that presentation, the one you posted, was preserved and found its way onto Youtube, read this fascinating short story: http://scottknaster.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-lo…
Killer user name by the way.