Autistic Hedgehog
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Have you ever read The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood? If so, what did you think of it?
No, I haven’t. I don’t tend to read a lot of non-fiction about autism. I got a fair bit thrown at me when I was younger, and I’ve been diagnosed since I was 9 so like…sometimes I feel like a walking Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome, if that makes sense.
I do think I’ve seen some complaints about Attwood in the autism community here. Or maybe I’m thinking of someone else. Hedgies?
To be honest, I thought that Christian Chandler (Yes; I did mean the one who was in charge of Sonichu.) was the only one high-functioning autistic that hated the low-functioning ones.
Sadly, society encourages “high-functioning” autistics to hate or at least be ignorant about “low-functioning” autistics. Anyone perceived as high-functioning will be praised for their passing ability (“I hope my child is just like you someday”) and told they’re not like “low-functioning” autistics. If they don’t know anyone considered low-functioning, it’s hard to know what the differences are and are not. Like many things, it’s a problem on a deep, societal level.
I still haven’t quite figured out how to deal with people who believe Asperger’s Syndrome isn’t autism. It was never presented to me as anything but autism by the people who diagnosed and treated me, and I can’t understand how the idea got out there in the first place (but would not be the least surprised if Autism Speaks is somehow partially responsible).
![[Get diagnosed Aspergers after parents read an article about it somewhere
Parents still refuse to listen when you say you just can’t handle something]
Mod note: Anon creation.
Kinda reminds me of my mom. :(](http://40.media.tumblr.com/f83e46b4fac6bd78db98e22775b7c33e/tumblr_mg41n9SdhI1rfhms3o1_400.jpg)
[Get diagnosed Aspergers after parents read an article about it somewhere
Parents still refuse to listen when you say you just can’t handle something]
Mod note: Anon creation.
Kinda reminds me of my mom. :(
So you made a hedgehog on October 5th with regards to a post elsewhere being genuinely horrid, I feel like raging at something and when I clicked the link, the post had been removed. Could you perhaps provide a mirror, I feel like having something to yell at and it seems like whatever it was would make an exceptional target.
I’m actually not sure if I can provide a mirror. Anyone remember the oh-so-charming Hatilda and her disgusting rant against autistic people? Anyone have a screen cap or anything? She appears to have taken the post down.
Not that I would recommend actually reading the thing.
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