Published on 12, July, 2020
Here's a video I made about The Autism Investor Summit
youtu.be/-UbsdA9a71Q
Why?
MY first thought was that we should buy a factory and use robots to make submachine guns for every Autist.
But no ammo. I dont trust you lot with ammunition.
Social skills training
That’s cool. I respect your opinion. Yes autism happens in females just as much as males in my opinion. I agree with you there. My mum has ASD in my opinion but she was also kind of abusive and I don’t talk to her anymore because she was toxic. I will never talk to her again. I don’t want her in my life even if she is autistic it doesn’t make up for everything she did to me. She really messed me up she is psychotic and manipulative. I know people on here have spoken about Bruno Bettelheim and refrigerator mothers before. But my mum was definetly a refrigerator mother she never showed me love or affection. She is evil and sick in my opinion. I blame her for my autism 100%.
Studies are still inconclusive. Even if there is a genetic component, it is caused by many, many genes. Treating it would be ethically and technically impossible.
By the way, Dr.Asperger was the first to observe both the genetic component and female ASD. Before him, ASD was a "males only" disorder. He observed that the mothers of his patients showed ASD traits.
I would like more support for autistic adults as currently we get none. Support for children as well but it should be equal support. No one should be discluded... We all deserve to be supported.
A talking therapy would be good, in person and perhaps digital talking therapy, from the comfort of your own home. That would be useful for many on the spectrum. Support via texting and emailing, that would benefit many who feel uncomfortable talking. Just having someone there who can listen and respond would be a big help.
Yes absolutely, being autistic is genetic. It’s the reason why many parents and other family members are also identified as autistic after their children.
https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/disease/autism.htm#:~:text=The%20most%20commonly%20ordered%20test,ASD%20who%20have%20the%20test.
sorry it’s 5-14% that study you cited just estimated it was 80%. An estimate is not the same as a fact. www.sciencedirect.com/.../S0002929720301130another scientific paper saying there is “insufficient evidence” for autism specific genes.
It’s pretty clear there is a genetic component to it in my dad’s side of the family.
What Causes Autism? Genetics, Environment, and More | Psych Central
80%, not 14%
Also money should stop going to finding genetic causes of autism. It is clear that there is no evidence of a genetic component to autism. They have looked and looked a genetic test only finds a cause for autism in 14% of autistic people. I don’t know why they keep looking for a genetic cause when there is none. They could spend that money developing better services.
Great idea! There is definitely a need for more autistic therapists, one of the only autistic led therapist groups I know of is The Neurodivergent Therapists Association:
https://neurodivergenttherapists.com/
The only way to make a difference would be to fund pre-natal screening and selective abortions. Genetic therapy would be ideal, but it's still unfeasible.
So glad you found the article relatable and interesting , that’s even more meaningful as I wrote it! That's brilliant!
So now do you understand the potential difference between Processing Mutism and Situational Mutism? What is your experience of mutism like?
Thanks so much for reading it and giving feedback, I appreciate it so much! I will be writing a series on this subject, so hopefully you can gain more insight into your autistic experience of mutism. I will be writing about other stress responses including freeze and fawn and linking experiences of overwhelm to monotropism.
I look forward to more of your comments!
Thanks! I regularly check it the Autistic Village website. I recently read this which I thought was very interesting as it discusses mutism which is common amongst autism but you don't really hear much about it.
As someone who experiences mutism from both autism and anxiety this made very interesting reading for me. It's a great site, always informative and interesting.
You are so welcome! I am glad you found it interesting, there are lots of other articles on the Autistic Village website that you may find insightful.
Me too. Support for autism seems to be handled mostly by medication and if you're really unlucky mental health services will get involved as well. I'm sure some do need this help and responds well but from what I've read and heard from others here it helps a small percentage and the rest of us have to fend for ourselves.
I like the idea of a talking therapy support system. I had a therapist a few years ago and just talking to her every day helped me in so many ways.
Ausomely Autistic said:It’s great to see more autistic researchers focusing on studies that actually are beneficial to our communities as opposed to non autistic ‘autism’ researchers who sometimes want to try and find out why we exist (which is obviously dangerous and dehumanising in itself!).
Absolutely! Really great to see more autistic researchers out there. Thanks for the link in your original comment, informative and interesting. A lot of food for thought.
I'm hoping funding will provide support for autistic people of all ages and backgrounds.Talking therapy would be good as well rather than the go to of medication which doesn't seem to work for many people with autism.
Good video Daniel! Great discussion as well.
You are welcome!
It’s great to see more autistic researchers focusing on studies that actually are beneficial to our communities as opposed to non autistic ‘autism’ researchers who sometimes want to try and find out why we exist (which is obviously dangerous and dehumanising in itself!).
Thanks for the link to Pellicano’s profile. You may also be interested in other autistic researchers including Monique Botha (specialism in minority stress) and the work of Chloe Farahar (specialism in prejudice reduction, mental health, positive autistic identity and culture - pronouns for Farahar are they/she)
https://youtu.be/Ijap1yOBVd0?si=bH70g0pBemeusGqg
https://www.moniquebotha.com/
https://aucademy.co.uk/chloe-farahar-phd/
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/stigma-research/2021/06/25/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-smellof-stigma-or-the-psychologically-important-difference-between-being-a-person-with-autism-or-an-autistic-person-by-dr-chloe-farahar/