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7:44am July 15, 2013

➸ Trying to find the right words: karalianne: When we lived in Calgary I went to the autism/asperger’s...

karalianne:

When we lived in Calgary I went to the autism/asperger’s Meetup Group once a month. It was a purely social event. We booked the party room at Denny’s and people sat with whomever they pleased and we had dinner and talked about whatever we felt like talking about. Some people had…

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    If I can reassure you… The parents don’t sit with the rest of the gang. The autistic people all hang out together and...
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  5. socialjusticecephalopod reblogged this from proletariangothic and added:
    That sort of condescending, infantilizing behaviour scares me. I’ve even had panic attacks because of it. At least I...
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  11. proletariangothic reblogged this from karalianne and added:
    This is making me frightened of potentially being sent to that same group in Calgary by my counsellor, not because of...
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  13. edgegunnerfan reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    “Because it’s important to treat adults like adults. It shows you respect them” Yes. Thank you for posting this.
  14. a-spoon-is-born reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    Yeah. :( I’ve had this happen in both group and one-on-one situations before. But then, I get angry. People get...
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