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Autism, it’s just a 6 letter word.

Coppo

I’m trying to open up a discussion as I’m confused.

I’ve been attending some support sessions and some people celebrate being diagnosed autistic and have a party.

Now thats upto them, their choice.

I know it’s me that needs to see things differently but I find this really difficult to understand at the minute.

All the issues lifelong I have.

Lets just pretend autism wasn't named autism for a minute, after all it’s just a word somebody has put to a set of behaviours etc, let’s say it’s called an apple sandwich instead. 

So let’s just say you’re called Julie and I said “ Right Julie, you are just being born again, would you want to walk up and down the street repeatedly back and forth, touching hedges, gates, fences,  or would you want to not have to do this”

There’s surely not a person alive who would say they want to be born and do that and be an apple sandwich. 

Thats just one behaviour/aspect, there’s plenty more but just one example.

Autism is just a word it’s the things that you seem compelled to do I hate. 

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  • Coppo said:
    Autism is just a word it’s the things that you seem compelled to do I hate. 

    Autism is self-centricism, hence the thing with:

    "Idiosyncratic speech refers to unique expressions used by individuals on the autism spectrum, which can include made-up words or unconventional phrases that reflect their personal experiences." www.advancedautism.com/.../idiosyncratic-phrases

    And thus the thing with saying that autism is just a word ~ whilst autism is a 'subjective' term describing 'objective' states of individual behaviourism, if it were just a word ~ there would be no subject to object relativity.

    I am though heinously tempted to answer that I am feeling somewhat "apple~sandwich" on occasion! :)

  • in reply to Deepthought

    Well. I believe the word autism comes from the Latin word for 'self', implying a preoccupation with one's internal states rather than on other people. So, on that basis it seems rather logical.

  • in reply to lostmyway
    lostmyway said:
    Well. I believe the word autism comes from the Latin word for 'self', implying a preoccupation with one's internal states rather than on other people. So, on that basis it seems rather logical.

    One source goes into a bit more detail as follows:

    1912, from German Autismus, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler from Greek autos "self" (see auto-) + -ismos suffix of action or of state (see -ism). The notion is of "morbid self-absorption." https://www.etymonline.com/word/autism

    But given the morbido and libido pairing with pathological morbidities being medically or personally managed, autism can involve self-centric libido, hence the celebrated considerations of the condition.

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  • in reply to lostmyway
    lostmyway said:
    Well. I believe the word autism comes from the Latin word for 'self', implying a preoccupation with one's internal states rather than on other people. So, on that basis it seems rather logical.

    One source goes into a bit more detail as follows:

    1912, from German Autismus, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler from Greek autos "self" (see auto-) + -ismos suffix of action or of state (see -ism). The notion is of "morbid self-absorption." https://www.etymonline.com/word/autism

    But given the morbido and libido pairing with pathological morbidities being medically or personally managed, autism can involve self-centric libido, hence the celebrated considerations of the condition.

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