Published on 12, July, 2020
I am trying, with great difficulty, to understand something. I could really use your help with this, it's literaly taken me over (you know the one) and I need the thinking of others. Call it an intervention!
Before I begin, please can I ask you to look over the following article?;
nymag.com/.../
I have seen many posts from NT parents about 'treatment' for AS.
The question I have asked myself is, 'if I could go back and be changed into an NT by 'treatment', would I choose it?'
My firm answer is 'No'. I am the sum total of a life spent as an AS person. I can't change my past, so my best option is to use the learning that is 'the sum of who I am' to help others if I can, and especially for the next generation. If any of you think that I can be helpful and supportive, understanding and insightful, fine. If you think the opposite, also fine and I am sorry that I wasn't helpful. I do what everyone does - the best I can.
I'm an egalitarian by instinct. I will state my thoughts and opinions, but they are mine alone. When I read other people's posts, I assume the right to agree or disagree, and simply expect the same fairness back.
Thank you for listening this far, and now I've come to my taxing absorption.
I read this post under the title Stem cell treatment for autism: 'Has anyone undergone stem cell treatment for autism?'
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This is my personal opinion. I don't argue my personal opinions, just for them.
How about 'tretament' for being NT? Their capacity for being the most illogical, spiteful, self-destructive creature on this planet leaves me staggered. I pity the poor creatures and their lack of insight, but what can you do? No-one is researching 'treatment' for them, because they collectively agree that their unsanity is 'normal'.
The inmates are running the asylum.
I fully understand your position Technophobe23. There is history to all this, and if you've joined up since or were not party to the difficult threads, this must all seem very strange.
I also think that if there are enough people like yourself around the forum may be able to start up again and maybe bring people back who feel at the moment they have to leave.
I'm also glad Recombinantsocks is around to give a balanced view and attempt appeasement with the moderators. There is no point in being destructive in our reactions. The forum is (was) a valuable resource, and as Kolojaro has explained it is a lifeline and a guide to living with autism.
The current problem is a break down in trust. Twice bitten, November and now, many of us old guard have had enough. It doesn't stop others trying to rebuild.
My worry is that it wont be long before there's more heavy handed moderation. I really cannot see any evidence that Bob is going to stop this style of moderating. Five years we managed without this kind of intervention - moderation was always discrete. Three months we have had of what I regard as appallingly draconian over-reaction to the most trivial offences - low level swearwords that everyone uses in text like figures of speech being publically reprimanded. This is no way to run a forum.