What do you all think?
What do you all think?
I’ve just watched a clip pertaining to exactly this. Essentially she views Aspergers as her super power because it allows her to see things differently to most people and because it makes her different. She’s trying today that being different is a good thing, which I guess is not a bad message to give to the autistic youth of today?
Unfortunately, they are not remotely interested in promoting women - they are just using her to sell stuff to people - there will soon be an exclusive expose on what shade of (surprisingly expensive) eco-friendly lipstick she uses.
Perhaps her Aspergers enables her to have the level of focus required to make her campaigning successful? Let her have her bit of glory, over coming an eating disorder is no mean feat. As long as her vulnerability is not taken advantage of and exploited.
I feel uncomfortable about a person’s suicide being predicted! As I’ve mentioned above, I hope she has the right advice and support to ensure that she is protected.
Let’s hope that she is getting some sensible advice and support. It must be challenging enough, promoting causes on the global stage, before throwing a pervasive developmental disorder into the equation too. She needs to have people around her who care about her and make sure that she is not being taken advantage of.
I think it's interesting that she says, "given the right circumstances - being different is a superpower." In a way, I suppose she could just be saying that differences (in general) can be a superpower, rather than just referring to ASD. In terms of her reference to "the right circumstances", maybe she's acknowledging that people who are different will thrive in certain areas, even though they struggle in others. That's just my interpretation though :)
Whether we agree with Greta's statements or not, I do think it's really positive to see more media representation for women and girls with autism (although some of those journalists are clearly in the dark ages!).
I think she's going to kill herself in her early 20s.
I hope I'm wrong.
Personally I think it's inspiring that she went from staying at home, feeling she couldn't talk to anyone to being a leader figure in a protest movement. That's not something that happens every day!
As someone who has and still does struggle with confidence and forming connections with others, what's happened for her makes me think I might just need to try to keep on trying to meet people, until I find the right "tribe" to belong with.
She seems to be drawing the fanatical attention of the 'anything useful' deniers. AKA born-again MCPs. I kind of also fear the Michael Jackson effect myself. Like Susan Boyle, she probably really needs to get some clued-in and sensitive/sensible management.
