Time to change perception about the relationship of autism to change?

This is so well worded as to not really be a question.  Let's not pretend for a nano second there is not a problem.

Its how people see and relate to us. Specifically how those who do not want to relate to us have tried for so long to put people into little boxes. It has suited them to do this in order to self-acheive in society. Vain self important people who want to be seen by many others to be doing better things. 

It's easy to forget how historically people were enslaved or institutionalised for being seen to be different neurologically. We were all once oppressed and then took or were taken advantage of in someway.

But we are not living in prehistory, we are highly evolved and should be putting that awareness into prevention not repetition of those behaviours. So these boundaries which are being trampled on, need to be respected. Otherwise it is holding human development back. 

I have come to realise that sensitive and creative people are far stronger human beings. At the same time this puts them in the firing line because they have gifts everyone wants.

For change to work; It needs to be institututionally communicated accross industries to all of us. Because there are people who are ignorant everywhere.  And people will always avoid change where they can because it can be painful, so whatever happens it is proabbly going to be a slow process.

Thanks pietro_21 

We're on the same wavelength I believe.

Sensitivity and creativity are strengths and it is cruelly ironic that this correlate with vulnerability to increased attack.

I have recently learned to consider social behaviour both on a micro and macro level.  Your recommendation is that it be achieved on the macro level as I understand it.

Either ends of the spectrum societal change is often slow that is true -  there are so many threads in the pattern.  Finding the optimum ones to loosen and redress is hard - especially since access to them is culturally restricted.

On the other hand societal change can be rapid in critical times of crisis.  Who knows?

Change can be painful yes - here's to less pain and more gain!

Best Wishes

Absolutely. I always step it if I see this happening to others, but these do not seem to be widely held values.

Often I have been made to feel guilty or embarresed about my identity, a feeling of repression.I believe this is as a result of opression in the environments I have been in. A type of manipulative force in the background.

There is far greater understanding to be gained about the range of autistic experience. Perhaps with an initial overview similar to pyschometric typologies (that we may have a preference for one thing/behaviour over another). And so much scope withing the experience of each individual and how they are empowered to express themselves (when they are considered and treated as equal- in the workplace or society generally). There is space for everyone to communicate very few people are heard - this needs to change.

pietro_21 said:

There is far greater understanding to be gained about the range of autistic experience. Perhaps with an initial overview similar to pyschometric typologies (that we may have a preference for one thing/behaviour over another).

yep same wavelength -

before I replied to you I just put this in another message:

"I figure that if I grew up and lived with only autistic people then they would just be people - ok maybe observations and analysis would find subgroups - that's what people do.  

Still,  do sometimes wonder what that world would be like?

Maybe a better place :-)"

:-)

pietro_21 said:

There is far greater understanding to be gained about the range of autistic experience. Perhaps with an initial overview similar to pyschometric typologies (that we may have a preference for one thing/behaviour over another).

yep same wavelength -

before I replied to you I just put this in another message:

"I figure that if I grew up and lived with only autistic people then they would just be people - ok maybe observations and analysis would find subgroups - that's what people do.  

Still,  do sometimes wonder what that world would be like?

Maybe a better place :-)"

:-)