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Autistic Reporter Covers Gathering Of Crying People


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Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:00:17 -0700 The onslaught of cruelty continues: Autistic kindergartener voted out of class survivor style; another bitten! http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-onslaught-of-cruelty-continues-autistic-k http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-onslaught-of-cruelty-continues-autistic-k

The medieval mentality among teachers is alive and well seemingly everywhere. This time it is Florida teachers expressing their disdain with autism in the most inhumane ways. The article tries to lighten the subject but the truth is cruelty will always happen unless and until we have laws against psychologic crimes.
Autistics are constantly tortured in society for who they are by insensitive manipulative pricks who know how to irritate them and provoke tantrums. Then this so called teacher and in some cases parent or even therapist goes on to claim that this autistic person is not fit for group activity or whatever.
The ignored fact is that individuals on the autistic spectrum do very well in serious emergencies but freak out when faced by tangential minor inconveniences. The rest of society is able to handle and or tune out these minor irritants.
The result most neurotypicals know that to get someone on the spectrum you got to go after the little things. And they do constantly and they use such manipulation to prove erroneously our social incompetency.
Sounds like a simple matter but it's not. Autistics everywhere are excluded from classes, nourishing family environments, jobs and other opportunities using this predatory evil method. This ought to stop and the only way it can be stopped is by outlawing it.
We cannot afford another generation of isolation and lost talents that are vital to society. What a shame! What a shame.
I am out.
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Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:00:20 -0700 The conversation about Autism, every parent wishes she can have: an 8 min animated video I made http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-conversation-about-autism-every-parent-wi-0 http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-conversation-about-autism-every-parent-wi-0

This is the conversation every mom and dad with an autistic child wish they could have. The clip depicts an autistic boy trying to educate his parents on his needs from his own unique perspective.

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Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:43:21 -0700 The conversation about autism every parent wishes they can have: an 8 min animated video I made! http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-conversation-about-autism-every-parent-wi http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-conversation-about-autism-every-parent-wi

This is the conversation every mom and dad with an autistic child wish they could have. The clip depicts an autistic boy trying to educate his parents on his needs from his own unique perspective.
Rami
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Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:08:38 -0700 What a shame and limitless cruelty: Autistic student given 'cage' to play in http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/what-a-shame-and-limitless-cruelty-autistic-s http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/what-a-shame-and-limitless-cruelty-autistic-s

Read along, although it is a highly disturbing article out of Scotland where an autistic teenager was given a cage with metal bolts to spend his school day in. Reminiscent of the middle ages when people who are different were cuffed to poles and isolated from the rest of the population until they conform or die. What a shame, human cruelty has no limits.
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Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:26:39 -0700 MOM I AM AUTISTIC; ASK ME ABOUT MY NEEDS http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/mom-i-am-autistic-ask-me-about-my-needs http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/mom-i-am-autistic-ask-me-about-my-needs

This is the conversation every mom and dad wish they could have with their autistic child. The clip depicts an autistic boy trying to educate his parents on his needs from his own unique perspective.
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:44:54 -0700 The biggest problem in autism today: 4-year-old autistic boy focus of neglect case http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-biggest-problem-in-autism-today-4-year-ol http://psychesmartautismtm.posterous.com/the-biggest-problem-in-autism-today-4-year-ol

This is my biggest fear realized. Innocent children who cannot express themselves or defend themselves, being neglected, mishandled and abused by none other than their parents and for none other than WHO they are. The attached story of a 4 yo autistic boy kept in captivity by his parents and found soaking in his bodily excrement by the police will undoubtedly break your heart. The real scary part is that for every abuse case discovered many more go unnoticed.

Many more cases of autistic children abused by their care-givers will surface and are happening now. The reasons vary from parental ignorance to a distorted attitude toward children and their role, to misconceptions about autism.

None of that is any excuse of course but there is a historic trend that needs correction. This brings me to the crux of the story. John Locke I have a bone to pick with you. You see the attitude toward children and their role was very unhealthy during the dark ages. Children were expected to work and contribute fully at a very young age, even younger than 6 yo. Many children used to die from the heavy burdens they had to carry and the long hours they worked. As progress took over europe, mr locke came up with another theory in the name of "progress". His theory was that children are born without a personality and with no predisposition to certain areas of interest. He argued that children are what their parents shape them to be. While his theory cut down on child labor as adults started seeing the potential in shaping their children to fulfill dreams they could not fulfill, there was a dangerous side-effect of this attitude looming.

The interests of the parents were forced on children and many times these interests clashed with the child's inborn interests and predisposition. This is where the modern day concept of child abuse comes from. A child who is non-responsive to a parent's wishes or a child who simply does her own thing despite the parent's urging to do otherwise. Based on the prevailing social understanding that children are supposed to follow their parents guidance no matter what, such non-conformist children were considered abnormal (erroneously of course) and treated badly or mistreated or abused physically, psychologically and sexually too.

These kids who had their own personality and wanted badly to customize their lives to their own liking were considered deviants and freaks and it became ok to abuse them as "a way to bring them back to society's expectations".

Even today unfortunately a majority of parents still believe their children should do whatever the parent determines is in the best interest of the child. Attention to the child's own inclinations, notwithstanding. Many kids simply succumb to the routine and activities dictated to them, and hate them in silence. this creates hostility toward the parents and is manifested in a variety of ways. Some children go as far as cutting their parents off as teenagers. And people wonder to this day why teenagers rebel. It is a mystery alright.

Here is the worse part. What about the child who cannot defend herself, express her wants and needs or negotiate with or manipulate her parents into living her life according to her natural inclinations. These are the autistic and highly sensitive children. These suffer the most. They cannot get themselves to live according to their parents who are ignorant of their likes and dislikes and they cannot manipulate their parents to back off. This type of clash reflects badly on the child's development and view of the world and of strangers. Inevitably continuing dictation by the parents will lead to temper flares and to mounting anxiety in the child which could negatively affect their life later on as adults too.

My clients always ask me what is wrong with a parent who wants to send her child to the best school, or have her join a multitude of costly after-school activities or send the child on certain camps. I always answer, but I am not the one who should answer that. Have you asked the child what she wants. or have we just assumed that the parents' judgment is final. The truth is the child SHOULD be consulted on everything from choice of furniture in her room, to clothes to school to activities to everything else. And the child should NOT be forced to engage in any activity against her own will. The parent's role s to monitor the child's level of discomfort and try a new activity as soon as this discomfort is observed.

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