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janlyn

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2. I am so upset...

Reply to Mass (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:32 PM

Dec 2012

As a person with Aspbergers I am really upset about people speaking of it, as if it was the cause.
We have worked so hard to be recognized and to educate others about autism.
I feel as if we have been set back a hundred years.
Back to people being afraid of our differences.And labeling us as crazy.
I am a normal person.I simply have heightened senses.so what is normal for you is sensory overload for me.

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Adam Lanza, Asperger's, and the Media Narrative on Autism and the Mentally Ill [View all] Mass Dec 2012 OP

People seized on the Asperger's only because it was mentioned TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #1

I am so upset... janlyn Dec 2012 #2

I agree, and this is why I posted this OP Mass Dec 2012 #3

I'm very skeptical thiat any Asperger's had anything to do with it. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #4

It does not, and it is not even clear whether this young man was on the spectrum, Mass Dec 2012 #5

I am so sorry about this Mass. For you and everyone else (my niece is an Aspie) riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #6

Ugh- agreed. ceile Dec 2012 #7

As an Aspie this is really pissing me off. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #8