November 2011
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“u7.
If my child could write a blog post like this, I would consider him cured....”
– http://juststimming.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/dear-autism-parents/
sidenote: i wish i could reblog that entire blog.
(via nonsensewakesupthebraincellz)
October 2011
57 posts
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joeyjojo-shabadoo asked: Tumblr is as good a place as any to post a manifesto. I would personally like to read it- you post a lot of thoughtful material on autism and autism awareness, and I always look forward to reading them. I often end up learning something. A manifesto would be a nice summation, or expansion, of your thoughts on the subject.
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Predicament
I have an interesting problem, a manifesto on my hard drive and no idea what to do with it. Tomorrow seems like a good day to put it somewhere. Is this the place? I would love to find advice in my ask box.
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An Interesting Case →
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Futures
The Marines called on Thursday. A recruiter had the number at my parents’ house from high school. Mom is too polite to hang up on anyone, so they talked. She told him I was not interested in Afghanistan but played tuba. He told her all about the military bands. I cried when I found out. This is the time of life to go. The U.S. military runs some of the best bands in the world. In an...
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“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a...”
– Junot Diaz (via Tatiana Richards)
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Every parent/sibling/whatever of a person with... →
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“You know, the ones who couldn’t go out into the sun? The ones who actually drank...”
– Bamftastic ♥: Why can’t our vampires go back to the ones in Transylvania?
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So I'm on a mountain, and I have a tuba
tubabacon:
Should I?
Yes! Make everyone within five miles wonder what that strange, drifting music is.
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Chronicles of an Autistic: I just want an... →
missshell:
So I posted something earlier about how I’d donate money to Autism Speaks, and someone reblogged it saying that they wouldn’t donate money to the group. For those of you who know about Autism Speaks, can someone give me a simple explanation as to why?
I don’t plan on jumping the gun on anybody,…
Autism Speaks keeps publishing ads that suggest we are better off dead. Their...
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The moon forest: My parents can’t understand why I... →
aspergersmomof2:
sakuraforest:
My parents can’t understand why I feel so offended and disgusted when my doctor told me I shouldn’t have kids or have a genetical plan because I have Asperger.
My parents are not looking to “cure” me, but they didn’t understand why I was deeply offended.
I don’t even want kids, I never wanted…
Sorry. :( My parents don’t understand me, either. They don’t...
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hopeful-voice:
so, someone posted bashing mumford & sons, and i thought, “fine, whatever, they’re being douche-y by tagging it but it’s their opinion.” then i saw that he said that it sounded like something written by “an autistic 10 year old.” so he basically was saying that autistic = retarded = stupid (NOT TRUE) and that people with autism = incapable of making music (NOT TRUE).
1. ...
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Alisonofagun: Colorado Girl Scouts Speak Out in... →
iamabutchsolo:
[TW: mis-gendering, cissexism]
After seven-year-old transgender girl Bobby Montoya was rejected from joining a Girl Scout troop in Colorado by its scout master, The Girl Scouts of Colorado released an official statement admonishing the scout master’s actions, saying, “If a…
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Dear Obama-
awillowcabin:
What about private student loans? It seems that federal loan borrowers are getting all the help. What about people who have private loans? Our loans are in much worse shape- there’s no loan forgiveness, no income percentage option, absurd interest rates. I think we needed more help than the federal loan borrowers. They already had good options and to help them further shouldn’t...
New Followers,
Welcome and thank you.
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Why I am not in Woodruff Park
I would like to spend time at Occupy Atlanta. From what I can tell, they agree with many things I think. They are afraid. So am I. The B.A. is the new high school diploma. I am blessed that my parents were able to save for my education, blessed that they understood money and the importance, blessed that they cared more about it than having the biggest TV on the block. Between tuition ...
Problem
I have a good piece that seems like a terrible fit for this form. What should I do? I have to think about this.
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Mistaken fear of measles shot has 'devastating'... →
aspergersissues:
More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback. The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination,...
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College III
This is the third part of my guide for colleges dealing with an influx of autistic students. Here are free, useful online resources:
Staff encountered by students on a typical day should see these:
This is a good, informal article that covers the basics:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome?from=Main.AspergersSyndrome
This is an NPR story about college students...
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To the people who keep reblogging the story of the...
allies-person:
Please stop, and consider WHY you’re doing so.
Is it because an autistic person said it? Because autistic people are apparently incapable of supporting justice for LGBTQ folks? (Or actually being LGBTQ ourselves, oh no!)
Is it because he’s young? Because young people aren’t capable of supporting justice, either?
Either way, it’s condescending as hell, and needed to stop...
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Frodo Holmes, the Screaming Consulting Hobbit:... →
whipporwill:
The High Cost of Poverty: Why the Poor Pay More
You have to be rich to be poor.
That’s what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don’t understand.
Put it another way: The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion,…
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Excerpt from my Biology Notes
-cochlea looks like snail, means snail, makes sense
-full of hair cells
-sheets
-organized in sheets
-cannot pick up sounds over 20,000 Hz
-bats
This is a fun time of semester.
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aspergersmomof2:
I’m slightly frustrated by the fact that people are all up in arms about using person-first language in this article, but aren’t bothered by a 27 year old being referred to as an “autistic kid”.
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Aurora Dawn: oh yeah so umtonight eric and I were... →
yzzif:
oh yeah so um
tonight eric and I were walking back from the art building and we noticed an autism speaks poster on the wall
I looked at eric, he nodded, and then he walked over to the poster and reached over to grab it. (he’s really great omg)
BUT
there are these GIRLS in front of us who TURN…
Why not explain the reasons to remove such a disgusting thing? They might have...
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College II
I posted about school not long ago. Things are moving forward. I decided to write the justification for what I said in the last post. For people off the spectrum, not everything in the first two points is self-evident. They need an addendum and explanation.
1. Singles are important because dealing with people, interpreting non-verbal communication, trying to look normal, is a drain. People...
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I finally wrote a blog post. →
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"Wandering Autistic Boy" or "Runaway Gay Aspie"? →
candycast1e:
As I watched this on the local news, I had a gut feeling Cameron might have been running away and when he was located in West Hollywood, that feeling was stronger than ever. Sigh. Read on.
New Followers:
Welcome and thank you!
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One of those Nights
My game was interrupted by an argument with an allistic parent of an autistic child who insists that all autistic people can and do think in words. Otherwise, none of us would be able to use language. It has never occurred to her that some of us think in other ways and translate those thoughts into a form we can share with others and how much effort this takes. It has also apparently not...
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What Had Happened Was...
Moving tubas takes more than strength. One miscalculation of distance or split second of distraction can sometimes wreck havoc on an instrument, its bearer, and anything else within a radius of at least six feet. Cases, which add weight and subtract handholds, make things worse. I tend to be good at solving these problems. You can see it in the way my instruments are used often but have few...
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Infantilizing Autism →
aspergersissues:
Jennifer L. Stevenson Ursinus College E-mail: jstevenson@ursinus.edu Bev Harp University of Kentucky E-mail: baharp2@uky.edu Morton Ann Gernsbacher University of Wisconsin—Madison E-mail: MAGernsb@wisc.edu
Keywords:
Autism, charity, infantilization, media, parents
Abstract
When members of the public envision the disability of autism, they most likely envision a child, rather...
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I will spend some time in the mountains away from the Internet this weekend, but I keep writing. I have something that might be interesting in the works.
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electric tuba
edvardrvano:
Varios colegas tubistas me han pedido en alguna ocasión que les explique cómo funciona el sistema de procesado que utilizo para algunos de los proyectos (unos más plausibles y reales que otros, todo hay que decirlo) en los que estoy implicado.
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This sounds like what my uncle once threatened to build.
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College
My school is dealing with growing numbers of students on the autism spectrum, so I wrote something about what a small liberal arts college can do. I will get it to the pertinent people here within the next few weeks. Here is a less-specific version in case others find it helpful or have something to add:
Make sure singles are available. Most of us will not perform at our full capacity with a...
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Tuba/sousaphone high five! Reblog this for other...
tubaplaysmatt:
I realize I have been remiss in not greeting new followers. Thank you and welcome.
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my-psychological-tower:
I forgot to enable answering on my last post.
Does anyone have tips for cleaning out something like nacho cheese off of sousaphone valve slides? The stuff is in a really hard to reach area and it avoided about 15 napkins that I tried to use.
Anything?
Why is many people’s response to something shiny throwing things at it and making it less so?
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http://www.quora.com/Protests/What-is-Occupy-Wall-S... →
I keep hearing things and would like to know what they really want if they know it.
