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8:02pm June 26, 2013

➸ Adventures of a Girl Janitor: Temple Grandin has lost relevance

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nekobakaz:

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All she ever talks about these days is how the “biggest problem" is “lazy" young autistic people. She’s absolutely clueless about the current economic state. She…

eeeew

“Kids that are less verbal, when they’re about 13 years old — the age where you used to get paper routes, and we don’t have that anymore — they need to start getting a job.”

I definitely had tons of job offers as a 13 year old…

“My mother set up a lot of jobs for me.”

…oh.  That’s… oh.

and then!

“In conclusion: a person with Asperger’s syndrome or autism has to compensate for poor social skills by making themselves so good in a specialized field that people will be willing to “buy” their skill even though social skills are poor.“

ffuuuck youuuu

yeah, basically.

it’s unfortunate.

She also says people like her shouldn’t be genetically prevented but people who can’t speak (like me?) should.

Notes:
  1. ducklingdarling reblogged this from alliecat-person and added:
    I personally see Carly as a better ‘voice’. She’s younger and more… modern? But you’re right. There definitely isn’t...
  2. sadprosciutto reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    Back in the mid 80s when Temple Grandin wrote “Emergence”, doctors reportedly would hold her up as an example to parents...
  3. andthentheyran reblogged this from pfdiva
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  6. quantumcyborgtheory reblogged this from mellopetitone
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  8. mellopetitone reblogged this from nekobakaz and added:
    I saw her speak a couple weeks ago. She suggested that the solution to these lazy autistic kids who sit at home and play...
  9. raposadanoite reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  10. facetowardsthewind reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  11. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born and added:
    She also says people like her shouldn’t be genetically prevented but people who can’t speak (like me?) should.
  12. alliecat-person reblogged this from nekobakaz and added:
    Yes. It’s annoying that so many media outlets continue to treat her as The Voice of Autistic People. She was never the...
  13. a-spoon-is-born reblogged this from facetowardsthewind and added:
    yeah, basically. it’s unfortunate.
  14. dykevanian reblogged this from a-spoon-is-born
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  16. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from nekobakaz and added:
    Yes, this. There are huge portions of her books devoted to medication and it’s kind of overwhelming. Because if you are...
  17. nekobakaz reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:
    **nod nod** once, back in ‘07, I heard her comment about “all the pills they give kids”, including for acid reflex. Her...
  18. nicocoer reblogged this from yesthattoo
  19. autistic-mom reblogged this from satyrheartbeat and added:
    *snerk* I actually pointed that out to my mother while she was still living, during the last few years where I was able...