OH COME ON!

[conuly]

Bush visits "autistic basketball hero".

Sure, okay, I'm glad this kid is on the basketball team, and quite good at it. That's great. Really.

But...

1. He's not a hero. Nobody's had a life saved. Nobody's lives were risked. He didn't do anything heroic. He won a basketball game. Big flippin' deal.

2. Bush? He has (theoretically) got better things to do with his time. With the state of the world being what it is, I find this... I can't even comment.

3. And, of course, the impression this gives me is that for autistics to do something so utterly pointless is so wonderful that we might as well give up hope of ever seeing any autistic person do something just a bit more useful and worthwhile.

Plus, I'm just sick of hearing this story. Can we move onto something new now? Clearly, it's a slow news month, but surely you can find *something* to write about!

Comments

[maelorin]

so being autistic means we're all heros now? i go out every day and do stuff i'm supposed to be bad at doing and therefore supposed to avoid/not do.

i suspect the parents are pr junkies ...

[davidkevin.livejournal.com]

What gets me is, since he's this good a shot, why wasn't he a player in any game other than the last of the season, and then just to give him the ability to say that he played.

Sounds like some sort of prejudice against him because of his autism on the part of his coach, or so it would appear at first glance.

[maelorin]

i try not to read articles of this sort. tend to make me want to hurt mundanes.

the general principle that you're a 'hero' coz you can do something other people think must be "hard for you to do"™ is raging prejudice.

"look at the clever monkey! it can throw balls!"