interesting thread https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1112883937272107008 …
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Replying to @MorlockP
Interesting, didn't realize some people considered low grade versions of these things Autism rather than just personality quirks.
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@random_eddie "normally we only use the phrase 'super tall' to talk about people who are over 7', but have you ever once seen the top of someone else's head? Are your eyes higher than a table? Then you're also super-tall, in a way. It's not a disability, but it's real!"2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
This always bugs me. Yes, since having a son with autism, I have started to notice various traits more in people, but...my son is considered pretty high-functioning at his specialist school, but he's still functionally non-verbal & has self-harming OCD loops that are scary
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BUT, we're lucky, he's cuddly, personable, and finds a way to communicate in ways that most of his peers at his school don't. The author of the thread does note that 'really bad' autism is the kind that causes disability. Okay. But what really not bad autism? being shy?
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another thing I should add, we never experienced the 'sudden decline' (or he was too young to notice. It's fairly common for severely autistic kids to start to develop normally, even exceptionally, and then decline precipitously into themselves; from telling stories 2 not talking
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omg / ugh
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you can watch and listen to the parent tell the story matter-of-factly, but you can't forget the pain in their eyes.
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Having had three kids in the house for 6 months, two of them with problems, I can't imagine the toll that years and years of that would take. whew
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