tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post5344902123486956649..comments2023-07-25T09:25:34.293+01:00Comments on The Voyage: "Autism-Sucks" Parents Dominating Jerry Seinfeld Autism AnalysisSharon McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-88521654461691835392015-02-06T00:33:30.360+00:002015-02-06T00:33:30.360+00:00I like being one of those literal thinking, intens...I like being one of those literal thinking, intense, obsessive, ordered and passionate people who can make IKEA furniture. I like applied science, categories, language, human interfaces for technology and straight speaking. I love being outside of the "norm" and I love and cherish my kids53voyagerhttp://53voyager.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-55476640934599367462014-11-18T20:11:50.516+00:002014-11-18T20:11:50.516+00:00Lisa, I never watched Seinfeld bar 2 episodes a fe...Lisa, I never watched Seinfeld bar 2 episodes a few weeks ago- I think it will take a few more to get it! Oh I forgot Bee movie, Ryan loves that. And why shouldn't you, Jerry or anyone else identify as team autism? Sure you're only perfect as you are!<br /><br />Hello Anon. I can't tell whether anyone else has autism, especially people I don't know. (I've never seen Parenthood.) It could be autism or anxiety or both. Lots of autistic adults, even when they've been formerly diagnosed, have had their diagnoses queried by parents saying that they're not like their children. <a href="http://www.researchautism.net/issues/23/anxiety-and-autism/Prevalence" rel="nofollow">Anxiety often coexists with autism</a>.<br />Best wishes to you and your child.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-8301487527775329512014-11-18T17:51:09.864+00:002014-11-18T17:51:09.864+00:00I don't think Jerry Seinfeld has autism. I do...I don't think Jerry Seinfeld has autism. I don't think the character Hank on Parenthood has autism either. Perhaps they have traits and issues like anxiety. I have wondered if I have autism because I have a history of social anxiety and just feeling different and uncomfortable around people. My child has a medical diagnosis of autism--me I just have been diagnosed with traits like social anxiety. Perhaps the two are linked somewhere in the genes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-38287278905562426502014-11-17T22:09:27.445+00:002014-11-17T22:09:27.445+00:00Am I allowed to identify as being "in the spe...Am I allowed to identify as being "in the spectrum"? because I totally recognised myself, and my husband when I first picked up the geometrically patterned Tony Attwood book: "Aspergers Syndrome" in 2001 after my son was diagnosed.<br /><br />And by recognising it in myself I was able to understand better my completely non-verbal, highly sensory seeking children. In trying to imagine the world from their point of view, I was using my own slightly odd perspective as a jumping off point. And recognising it in my very quirky, often infuriating husband helped me forgive him. <br />So when I read that an actor and comedian who I had always loved, and had introduced to my now very wordy son and enjoyed his love of him - was identifying in himself autistic tendencies; I was delighted. I was amused to see that some of my very Aspie friends who also had autistic kids who love Seinfeld were also delighted.<br />Watching that show on my cable with my son was the beginning of a shared interest that persists to this day. He wove Jerry into his stories and cross references characters from the show with other films they have appeared in. And then there is BEE MOVIE !!!!!<br /><br />Just typing that makes me want to watch it again.<br /><br />Autism is a spectrum and it while it can sometimes "come out of nowhere" thanks to a teensiest genetic deviation, or it can come from a long line of eccentric people who happen to have met other eccentric quirky people who tolerate them enough to fall in love and make babies.<br /><br />I like being one of those literal thinking, intense, obsessive, ordered and passionate people who can make IKEA furniture. I like applied science, categories, language, human interfaces for technology and straight speaking. I love being outside of the "norm" and I love and cherish my kids.<br />xxLisamareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445509438246694219noreply@blogger.com