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Cat language

TheCatWoman

I often talk to my cats and they often answer, I try and work out what they're trying to say. Boris my tuxedo cat has a good range of swear words, especially when I put any flea or worm drop on him, it sounds to me like 'FILTH, FILTH, HASSOCKS!' I can get the filth bit as hte stuff does smell a bit, but hassocks!?

He says milk, and if he dosen't it or dosen't get it fast enough, he stretches up and digs his claws in a bit just under your bum cheek and then tries to pull down your trousers!

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    Seeing as we're all supposed to be adults here, then I think then I think the AI bots that control what we are and are not allowed to say, should be reprogrammed to be more relaxed
    Lotus said:
    This site makes it clear that it's for adults only, so we should be able to use the word in a gentle sense of fun without offending anyone.

    In my view, the NAS's approach helps to ensure that this forum is welcoming, suitable, and age appropriate for all autistic adults, not just those who don't also have learning disabilities. 

    Autistica:

    • "Around 1 in 3 autistic people have a learning disability, but these numbers vary across different age groups"
    • "in diagnosed autistic people aged 50-59, the prevalence [of learning disability] is around 40%"

    Autistica - Learning disabilty and autism

    Patient.info:

    "The WHO classifies severity of an intellectual disability as:

    - Mild: approximate IQ range of 50 to 69 (in adults, mental age from 9 to under 12 years).

    - Moderate: approximate IQ range of 35 to 49 (in adults, mental age from 6 to under 9 years).

    - Severe: approximate IQ range of 20 to 34 (in adults, mental age from 3 to under 6 years).

    - Profound ((below 0.003 percentile): IQ under 20 (in adults, mental age below 3 years)."

    Patient.info - General learning disability

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    Seeing as we're all supposed to be adults here, then I think then I think the AI bots that control what we are and are not allowed to say, should be reprogrammed to be more relaxed
    Lotus said:
    This site makes it clear that it's for adults only, so we should be able to use the word in a gentle sense of fun without offending anyone.

    In my view, the NAS's approach helps to ensure that this forum is welcoming, suitable, and age appropriate for all autistic adults, not just those who don't also have learning disabilities. 

    Autistica:

    • "Around 1 in 3 autistic people have a learning disability, but these numbers vary across different age groups"
    • "in diagnosed autistic people aged 50-59, the prevalence [of learning disability] is around 40%"

    Autistica - Learning disabilty and autism

    Patient.info:

    "The WHO classifies severity of an intellectual disability as:

    - Mild: approximate IQ range of 50 to 69 (in adults, mental age from 9 to under 12 years).

    - Moderate: approximate IQ range of 35 to 49 (in adults, mental age from 6 to under 9 years).

    - Severe: approximate IQ range of 20 to 34 (in adults, mental age from 3 to under 6 years).

    - Profound ((below 0.003 percentile): IQ under 20 (in adults, mental age below 3 years)."

    Patient.info - General learning disability

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  • in reply to Bunny
    Bunny said:
    In my view, the NAS's approach helps to ensure that this forum is welcoming, suitable, and age appropriate for all autistic adults, not just those who don't also have learning disabilities. 

    There is a paradox here though.

    To be welcoming to those with a lower mental age or who are easily triggered then we have to be "nice" and not use bad words yet for the high functioning adults they want to be able to talk about adult stuff, use some rude words and cover contentious issues which probably upsets those at the other end of the range.

    Can we cater for all? It seems not and this is the crux of the issue - the "older" adults feel gagged.