tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post4190849488367179776..comments2023-07-25T09:25:34.293+01:00Comments on The Voyage: Is This Autism?Sharon McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-3279726588227801132015-03-20T01:40:24.022+00:002015-03-20T01:40:24.022+00:00Response to Angie specifically and anyone else who...Response to Angie specifically and anyone else who shares her point of view (acknowledging it's been a year): <br /><br />I don't view autism as a "disease" or as a "problem" but I also don't recognize it as a "gift". I view autism as a deviation (possibly genetic), much like left-handedness or colorblindness. Much like the deviations I just mentioned, there is nothing to "cure" or "prevent". Because of this, I agree with the words "they simply can't function as others can" but not the sentiment behind it. Much as left-handed people and colorblind people adapt to being to being "normal", so do autistic people.<br /><br />I wonder how your response would sound if I quoted it but replaced "autism" and "autistic" with "small-mindedness" and small-minded" respectively?Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-65263345694385343802014-04-05T04:10:20.964+01:002014-04-05T04:10:20.964+01:00This is bullshit. you are upset because she views ...This is bullshit. you are upset because she views autism as a disease and you view it as a normal thing.... almost as if it were a gift. autism is a problem and I am in full support of finding a cure and prevention so that it will only be known in history books. no one is saying that autistic people aren't human, they simply can't function as others can. That is a fact. I see no problem with an organization that recognizes that and wants to change it.Angienoreply@blogger.com