A very interesting post on language by Ballasteistenz...

[conuly]

Let’s say a neurotypical (not just non-autistic, but neurologically typical) child is born. Call her Kate.When Kate is born, she can’t walk, talk, understand what is said to her, or feed herself. Being that this is the case, her parents are well-armed with early intervention and treatment strategies. She gets Breastfeeding Intervention, and later immense, unprecedented progress is made and she graduates to being spoon-fed....

And one on AutismVox about language and victim-blaming and disability.

Both taken, of course, from autismhub

Comments

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

I would like to take this moment to say that your blog is an instrumental part of my Being A Well Informed Member Of Society Therapy. (In some circles it is know as Not Being A Bleeding Idiot Therapy)

Thanks!

[conuly]

Why thank you!

This always surprises me - I find other people's writings so much more interesting than my own! (Though I'm self-centered enough that I find my own writing thrillingly witty....)

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

(Though I'm self-centered enough that I find my own writing thrillingly witty....)

That must be the autistic part of you! Can't we find a cure for this, maybe in Humbleness Therapy? Or perhaps a Hubris Intervention. :-p

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

I would like to take this moment to say that your blog is an instrumental part of my Being A Well Informed Member Of Society Therapy. (In some circles it is know as Not Being A Bleeding Idiot Therapy)

Thanks!

[conuly]

Why thank you!

This always surprises me - I find other people's writings so much more interesting than my own! (Though I'm self-centered enough that I find my own writing thrillingly witty....)

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

(Though I'm self-centered enough that I find my own writing thrillingly witty....)

That must be the autistic part of you! Can't we find a cure for this, maybe in Humbleness Therapy? Or perhaps a Hubris Intervention. :-p