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Nanette is more an angry speech by a clever and witty person than the "comedy special" it's made out to be.
Worked for Carlin.
It's the even less funny cousin of cringe comedy, imho.
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you're fairly judgmental, you think there's a way people should be, and other ways people should not be. this is exactly the type of attitude that exacerbates the alienation autistics already feel.
> you're fairly judgmental, you think there's a way people should be, and other ways people should not be. Yes. The reason we have brains is so we can make judgements.
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People would rather get a diagnosis to belong to a community than be an outcast who struggles to fit in and have their gifts recognized.
Disclaimer: am on spectrum, formal diagnosis at 8yo > have their gifts recognized. Please explain how _extreme difficulty in socializing_ is a "gift".
Autism has become a catch-all for "people who are weird". "Neurotypical" is the vaguely condescending opposite. Notice the sneer when she refers to "neurotypical 'experts'". The basic idea is that people who are weird are a subjugated minority, oppressed by people with boring, normal brains. I don't doubt that Hannah Gadsby is weird but I think life is hard for everyone, including normal people. I think the struggles…
I don't think it's a sneering to point out that if most people who talk about something lack the direct experience of having it, they may not represent it well. Personal experience gives folk's different perspectives. Autism certainly seems to. And whether the struggles she enumerates are common or not, if suffering is normal and near universal as you suggest, I think it's good to ask, does it have to be so? Are ther…
As the quote shows, the article is full of sneering, it’s just a sad fact that I have to waste my time pointing it out to you.
Apologies for that but I think directing her words towards you exposes the sneer without any doubt.
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you're fairly judgmental, you think there's a way people should be, and other ways people should not be. this is exactly the type of attitude that exacerbates the alienation autistics already feel.
> you're fairly judgmental, you think there's a way people should be, and other ways people should not be. Yes. The reason we have brains is so we can make judgements.
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> you're fairly judgmental, you think there's a way people should be, and other ways people should not be. Yes. The reason we have brains is so we can make judgements.
And the reason we have words is so that you can be told that you're confusing function with design/intent.
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Autism is not an emotional cycle, it's not a circumstantial state it's a disorder determined by genetics. Either you got the genes, or you don't. Pretty binary.
Just had to call out a nuance here - Disorder is an extremely strong word. People living with ASD are not "weird" or "abnormal" in anyway whatsoever, they are just different. As a society, we accept people's genetically predetermined sexual orientation, regardless of whether it represents the majority. ASD is no different, lets avoid calling it a disorder.
Even if they were to both fit the definition, I’m not sure what the objection to the word is.
Autism has become a catch-all for "people who are weird". "Neurotypical" is the vaguely condescending opposite. Notice the sneer when she refers to "neurotypical 'experts'". The basic idea is that people who are weird are a subjugated minority, oppressed by people with boring, normal brains. I don't doubt that Hannah Gadsby is weird but I think life is hard for everyone, including normal people. I think the struggles…
I find it bizarre how uncritically the social construct of doubling the ranks of the mentally ill/disordered in the course of decades has been introduced. There is no way in the last few decades the amount of mentally disordered people has expanded so greatly, it must be the case we're simply calling more people disordered. The growth of mental disorders is starting to plateau now but things are still growing. I find…
> "It is a basic human right to have average abilities." I really like that quote from her on multiple dimensions.
Autism has become a catch-all for "people who are weird". "Neurotypical" is the vaguely condescending opposite. Notice the sneer when she refers to "neurotypical 'experts'". The basic idea is that people who are weird are a subjugated minority, oppressed by people with boring, normal brains. I don't doubt that Hannah Gadsby is weird but I think life is hard for everyone, including normal people. I think the struggles…
I find it bizarre how uncritically the social construct of doubling the ranks of the mentally ill/disordered in the course of decades has been introduced. There is no way in the last few decades the amount of mentally disordered people has expanded so greatly, it must be the case we're simply calling more people disordered. The growth of mental disorders is starting to plateau now but things are still growing. I find…
Using that as a reference point, maybe we're at "1910" with regards to our awareness of neurodivergence, or maybe we're at "1950", but certainly there are many people who will be better off once we hit "1960".
Your argument only holds water if you presuppose that everyone who would have met the diagnostic criteria of 20-50 years ago was also evaluated against those diagnostic criteria. I have far better than typical access to diagnostic services, and it took a referral, several appointments, and thousands of dollars to get a formal diagnosis. If I had that same access 25 years earlier, I probably would have been far better supported through my education.
