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Edited by Froggie: 3/7/2016 7:32:27 PM
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AUTISM as a put-down/JUST STOP

Just stop. Stop using autism as a put-down. As the parent of a daughter on the autism spectrum, its disheartening when ignorant people use it as a term of derision, not just these forums, but in everyday life. People on the spectrum process information in very unique ways, but also exhibit behaviors that typically minded folks may find odd. They can also exhibit uncanny genius--my daughter by age 5 knew world capitals better than most grownups, having an eidetic memory. Unless you personally know someone affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) you don't know jack, & your digs are borne of spiteful indifference. So to all who would continue to do so, there goes your insensitive theory, plummeting out a high-rise window. Autism: different...not worse. **daughter Dylan drops mic/walks offstage** [b]Ninja edit:[/b] [spoiler]This thread has been moved to [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/140397455/0/0]#Offtopic,[/url] a more appropriate forum for this offtopic discussion. Feel free to private message the moderator who moved your post, [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/83901]Froggie,[/url] for further clarification about why this topic was moved.[/spoiler]
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  • Personally, as a person who has a family member who was diagnosed with Autism, I take a lot of offense when someone says, "stop being autistic", or using Autism in a derogatory manner. Typically, I notice those people who do that are either between the ages of 10-15. I was one of those jackasses back when I was 15. A LOT of users on this site fit around that age group, and I notice that this site has a lot of users who use negative connotations towards anyone who has a mental or physical disability, and then they backtrack and say that the people who are offended by that are being too sensitive. This is the only site I frequent that has kids who are so desensitized that blatant disrespect towards people with mental disabilities and physical disabilities is quite commonplace. Not even the League of Legends forums are this bad, and there is a decent amount of people on those forums who are jackasses. It adds even more salt to the wound when they say to grow a pair when they know that they're intentionally being jackasses.

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