{"id":2588,"date":"2017-12-01T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2017-12-01T08:31:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:31:14","slug":"aane-workshop-the-language-and-mythology-of-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2017\/12\/01\/aane-workshop-the-language-and-mythology-of-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"AANE Workshop: The Language and Mythology of Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>The <span style=\"color: #7e0021;\">Language<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #7e0021;\">Mythology<\/span> of <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Autism<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The words we use reveal our values, <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>and the language we use can shape our beliefs.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #00ae00;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><u><b>To be autistic is to be neurodivergent, <\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #00ae00;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><u><b>and to be neurodivergent is to enjoy a different way of life.<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Identity<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Pathology<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Euphemisms<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2013\/03\/22\/empathy-as-a-form-of-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empathy<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2014\/03\/10\/why-autism-functioning-labels-are-misleading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functioning<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/the-language-of-autism-special-interest-as-a-stigmatizing-phrase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Interests<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Michael Forbes Wilcox, MA, CFA<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #7e0021;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><b>Language<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Identity<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Neurodiverse <\/b>versus<b> Neurodivergent<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>IFL <\/b>(Identity-First Language)<b> \u201cI am autistic.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>PFL <\/b>(Person-First Language)<b> \u201cI am a person with autism.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>I am on the spectrum.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Who gets to choose?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Is there a way to be inclusive?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>The use of person-first language in scholarly writing may accentuate stigma<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jcpp.12706\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jcpp.12706\/full<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>from: <a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticautistic.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/22\/identity-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eclecticautistic.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/22\/identity-first\/<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Pathology<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Autism Recovery<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The Social Model of Disability<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>&#8220;Autism is a disability when it is seen as a deficiency.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Speaking <\/b>versus<b> Verbal<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Comorbidity<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Emotional Age<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Stimming<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Parent Organizations (cf. IACC spat)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nosmag.org\/parents-and-autistic-adults-clash-at-autism-committee-meeting-iacc-interagency-autism-coordinating-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>http:\/\/nosmag.org\/parents-and-autistic-adults-clash-at-autism-committee-meeting-iacc-interagency-autism-coordinating-committee\/<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/whose-table-is-this-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/whose-table-is-this-anyway\/<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Abnormalities<\/b> shown to first appear in brain networks involved in sensory processing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings published in Biological Psychiatry bring us closer to understanding the <b>pathology<\/b> of autism, and the point at which it begins to take shape in the human brain. Such knowledge will allow earlier interventions in the future and better outcomes for autistic children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Scientists used a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), known as diffusion weighted imaging, to measure the brain connectivity in 260 infants at the ages of 6 and 12 months, who had either high or low <b>risks of autism<\/b>. The lengths and strengths of the connections between brain regions was used to estimate the network <b>efficiency<\/b>, a measure of how well each region is connected to other regions. A previous study with 24-month-old children found that network <b>efficiency in autistic children was lower<\/b> in regions of the brain involved in <b>language and other behaviours related to autism<\/b>. The goal of this new study was to establish how early these <b>abnormalities<\/b> occur.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/publications.mcgill.ca\/reporter\/2017\/08\/pinpointing-the-origins-of-autism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>http:\/\/publications.mcgill.ca\/reporter\/2017\/08\/pinpointing-the-origins-of-autism\/<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Euphemisms<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>HFA versus Asperger Syndrome<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>On the Spectrum<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Our Kiddos<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>This Population<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #7e0021;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><b>Mythology<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Empathy<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>&#8220;From Asperger&#8217;s descriptions throughout it is clear that he believed autistic children to be capable of having strong feelings, and to be disturbed only in their ability to manifest such feelings appropriately.&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Uta Frith, on his 1944 paper<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Functioning<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Asperger said that [autism] encompassed an astonishingly broad cross section of people, from the most gifted to the most disabled. There seem to be nearly as many varieties of <u>Autismus<\/u> as there were autistic people.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Steve Silberman in <i>NeuroTribes<\/i>, page 98<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>50% of autistic people also have intellectual impairment\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>one-third of autistics also have epilepsy\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Alexithymia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Developmental \u201cDelay\u201d (as opposed to difference \u2013 cf. Kanwisher study)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2016\/04\/08\/the-demise-of-mirror-neurons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror Neurons<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Altruism<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Telephobia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Prosopagnosia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Mutism<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Special Interests<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Bleuler [1911] defined \u201cautistic thinking\u201d as <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>self-centered rumination and retreat into fantasy.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Asperger observed that in \u201ceverything these children follow their own impulses and interests, regardless of the outside world.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Silberman op. Cit.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><u><b>Transition<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>A transition period is a period between two transition periods.\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>George Stigler<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #7e0021;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><b>Identification<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Autdar\u201d \u2013 is there such a thing?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>How do we know someone is autistic?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Why do we identify as autistic?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #6b4794;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><u><b>Hall of Fame<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2013\/02\/18\/abraham-lincoln-as-a-candidate-for-the-autism-hall-of-fame\/\">Who<\/a> gave this wonderful description of how the autistic mind works?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #2c2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>My mind is like a piece of steel; very hard to scratch anything on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Bonus: which autistic person shares the same birthday?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/another-candidate-for-my-autism-hall-of-fame-john-couch-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Couch Adams<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2012\/04\/12\/boredom-and-its-antidote-the-importance-of-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2013\/12\/06\/ted-williams-another-candidate-for-my-autism-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Williams<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/the-turing-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Turing<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Language and Mythology of Autism The words we use reveal our values, and the language we use can shape our beliefs. To be autistic is to be neurodivergent, and to be neurodivergent is to enjoy a different way of life. 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