Comments on: An explanation of the last post for people who haven’t had the misfortune to be exposed to this crap. https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/ Wed, 17 May 2006 08:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ballastexistenz » Blog Archive » Everything we have missed? https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10632 Wed, 17 May 2006 08:13:45 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10632 […] It is not just having things taken away, it is not just compensation, these things are part and parcel of being autistic, although they differ from person to person. I’m not talking about some balancing act where a god of impartiality runs around taking things away and giving other things, that’s ridiculous and in fact ableist. But I am saying that those who are viewed by society as having things taken away from us, and our lives viewed as being essentially barren wastelands, are not shut out of the richness of life by being who we are. And the richness we experience is not some cheap romanticized copy of the richness others experience. The richness of life is there for everyone, and whether one experiences it or not is not dependent on being autistic. How one experiences it, on the other hand, may well be dependent on neurology and life experience and everything else.   [link] […]

]]> By: dus7 https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10631 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:49:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10631 Well, I seem to have put my foot in it and do apologize. I love humor and didn’t see how the questions for neurotypicals were funny; they struck me as sort of bitter, but I shouldn’t have said so. The extensive explanations here are much appreciated.

They say walk a mile in the other person’s moccasins, but of course, we can’t really do that. (Or as the joke goes, if you do, you’re a mile away and have their moccasins!)

I took down my blog profile but now see the disadvantage of that (i.e. it links to the blog!) so will put one back up. TY for pointing me to the problem. My blog.

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10630 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:23:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10630 Since ‘ptosis’ most commonly means ‘drooping of the eyelids’, probably.

]]> By: Ettina https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10629 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:53:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10629 Bronze Dog – was that ptosis?
According to the two IATs I took, I have no implicit associations. Even on things where I actually do have some kind of associations (eg I tend to prefer old people to young people). I think it’s related to how after the first little bit those symbols/pictures and words became meaningless to me.

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10628 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:57:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10628 My right eyelid does that (involuntarily) during some parts of migraines. I never thought what it must look like to other people though.

]]> By: Bronze Dog https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10627 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:16:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10627 I’m suddenly reminded of an old friend of mine: He had quirk with his eyelids that made him do that half-closed “stoned” look. He said he even had a failed attempt to surgically correct it.

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10626 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:28:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10626 I think it’s entirely a neurotypical perception.

When you’re younger than that, even if you act like that, they’re not going to suspect drug use as often.

]]> By: elmindreda https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10625 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:49:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10625 Yes, I got those questions too, starting in highschool or possibly earlier, and some of them from people who really did use LSD. I never have, though.

I did understand the previous entry, but I’m very glad that you posted this one, especially since it contained the list of assumptions from Pride Against Prejudice. Very handy, and reminds me of how sheltered my life is right now.

]]> By: Bronwyn G https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10624 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:07:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10624 I’m wondering if the natural changes taking place in the autistic teenage brain have been mistaken for drug changes as well. Is there an LSD-like chemical entering the autistic brain at this time in development, or is it purely and simply a matter of neurotypical perception?

What do you think?

What is the research on this?

]]> By: ballastexistenz https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2006/03/16/an-explanation-of-the-last-post-for-people-who-havent-had-the-misfortune-to-be-exposed-to-this-crap/#comment-10623 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:08:00 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=53#comment-10623 I got all the same comments, in the same time period in my life.

I also find those experiments chilling.

And realistic, although I’m not sure I want to publicly say why.

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