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| 25 Sep 2013 10:41 AM
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People think that just because I'm autistic, that I'm mentally handicapped.
They don't know what they're talking about.
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:43 AM
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People are like: "Oh he's autistic! He must be mentally handicapped!"
I don't know how to make them understand.
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:45 AM
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People act like autism and mental retardation are the same thing
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:46 AM
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This is why I hate people.
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:47 AM
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I don't know how to make them understand.[2]
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:52 AM
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Zar, I have seen you post on your other account and you're a smart guy. Why do you not understand this?
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:57 AM
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What is it that makes you think I am not intelligent?
I would guess the fact that we disagree on everything.
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| 25 Sep 2013 10:59 AM
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That's not what I meant. I was saying that when I've seen you on your main account, you're a very intelligent person and I have no idea why you don't understand this.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:01 AM
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I believe they are the same thing, so why don't I understand?
You haven't given me any reason to change my opinion on that subject.
You have failed to make me see your point of view, so you must not be correct.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:03 AM
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Just because someone has autism doesn't mean they can't be smart.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:04 AM
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So? So is the fact that some people with mental retardation are also smart.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:07 AM
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Not all people with autism are mentally handicapped. Some are as smart as you or even smarter than you.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:08 AM
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And not everyone who is mentally retarded is stupid, either
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:09 AM
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If you had read my post, you would have noticed this:
"So is the fact that some people with mental retardation are also smart."
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:11 AM
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Also, I am pretty sure I said that a lot of people who are mentally retarded are also smart, which is why I think that your argument is invalid.
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:13 AM
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Zar, you don't understand. You're using stereotypes. Let's say this was an extreme case, and there was someone who had autism who was actually mentally retarded. Are you saying that just because that person was mentally retarded, you think they were autistic? Or do you mean that since they were mentally retarded, it's okay if they're autistic?
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| 25 Sep 2013 11:16 AM
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I am not using stereotypes. Stereotypes are generalizations about a group.
I have not generalized people with autism or people with mental retardation.
I have simply said that some people who are one of those two things are smart, so it isn't correct to say that all people who are one of those two things are not intelligent.
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| 25 Sep 2013 12:16 PM
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Well, it doesn't matter what you meant, the way people use "autistic" and "mentally retarded" is basically the same thing. And you shouldn't be generalizing autism, either. Because it is true that a lot of people who are diagnosed as "autistic" aren't actually mentally handicapped
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| 25 Sep 2013 12:17 PM
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I have an autism spectrum disorder but I don't see how that makes me stupid.
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| 25 Sep 2013 12:18 PM
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@2013eer
I'm sorry you've been treated like that by others
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| 25 Sep 2013 12:21 PM
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But anyway, Zar, it's still the fact that people don't understand autism because they think it's the same thing as mental retardation
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| 25 Sep 2013 07:19 PM
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I am sorry if you took offense to anything I said.
I was trying to make a point that we disagree on everything because of our different opinions.
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| 25 Sep 2013 07:20 PM
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Also, I do not see how a person could be diagnosed with something that isn't correct.
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| 25 Sep 2013 08:46 PM
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Zar, let me clarify some things for you. You didn't offend me, so please stop being sorry, okay? :)
The doctors and psychologists are the ones who make these diagnoses. But in reality, not all of them are actually autistic, or mentally retarded. They may have one of those disorders, but their brain functions normally. It doesn't mean that just because someone is diagnosed as autistic that they're mentally handicapped.
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| 25 Sep 2013 08:49 PM
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So there are two types of people who have autism?
People who are mentally handicapped, and people whose brains function normally?
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| 25 Sep 2013 08:52 PM
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But aren't the two types of people with autism the same thing?
If there are two types of people with autism, wouldn't the two types be the same thing if one type was diagnosed as autistic and the other wasn't?
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| 25 Sep 2013 08:53 PM
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I know, it's confusing, but I'm talking about the fact that doctors say so-and-so has "autism"
I'm saying that not all people who have autism are actually autistic
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| 25 Sep 2013 08:56 PM
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Okay. But what is the difference between people who are diagnosed as autistic and people who aren't?
Do they have different characteristics or something? I mean, you said that you were autistic and that doesn't make you mentally handicapped.
Why can't the doctors diagnose some people as being autistic when those people don't have mental disabilities?
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