Comments on: How autism is changing the world for everybody

By: Gabriolan

Gabriolan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:36:59 +0000

elen – may your rescue dog soon have no fears left. :-)

By: elen

elen — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:31:12 +0000

Yes, I have read a couple, and yes, fascinating – and helpful learning about our rescue dog and his fears.

By: Gabriolan

Gabriolan — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:27:57 +0000

Have you read Temple Grandin’s books, elen? Fascinating.

If society is moving towards being more accepting of people who are not neurotypical, I’ll be very pleased about that.

By: Westcoast995

Westcoast995 — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:11:56 +0000

It could be very easily said that Albert Einstein and most free thinkers that proposed that the universe revolved around the earth, that humans may be able to fly through the sky, etc. could be considered as suffering from acute autism. By some modern standards they would have to be treated by pharmanautical drugs to dispel their fantasies.

By: elen

elen — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:57:28 +0000

Yes, good article.
And re ” A force for diversity:
Modern culture is clearly being defined and influenced by our willingness to celebrate and learn from those who think and act differently — a clear sign that tolerance, accommodation, and understanding benefits all of us.
But not only that, the rise of autistic culture shows how important it is to have alternative psychological modalities as a part of the cultural fabric.”

It seems also that autistic people like Temple Grandin (via her own books, and the movie, etc) are demonstrating that the category, as described above, of “those who think and act differently …. benefits all of us” also includes non-human cultures of animals and the whole natural world.