"Arbitrary Normality"
Aug. 4th, 2010 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishYes, Yes, Yes! I think I've been saying for years, at least since high school, normal is overrated!
http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2010/08/arbitrary-normality.html
(I would also add to this author - why is normal so highly aspired to? And those of you who think you're normal, and look down on those who you consider "abnormal" or raise eyebrows at those who act or dress a little "wierd"? You're not.)
By the way, this entire blog, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, consisting of guests posts by a number of different bloggers on autism (parents, teachers, health care professionals, and especially, autistic people themselves) and eventually to be published as a book, is excellent. I want to send a number of the posts here to everyone I know (well, who doesn't see this here).
(I note the original post of this essay is being jumped all over by Jenny McCarthy's disciples, who don't seem to have actually read the thing.)
Others I like on this topic (but there are tons more - look at the links listed on those pages - and quite a few of these have guest posted on the one mentioned above):
Ballastexistenz - blog by a woman who some would term "low-functioning" as she does not speak. She describes her blog as disabilities civil rights, not about autism, but she does give a lot of insight into what it's like for her.
Asperger Square 8 - as above, but especially in the workplace.
Left Brain/Right Brain - a pair of dads - science-based debunking a lot of the pseudoscience about autism (biomedical treatments that don't work, vaccines causeing autism) plus a lot of the above.
Neurodiversity Weblog - a mom who is an amazing researcher, especially on court cases.
MOM - Not Otherwise Specified - mom of Bud,
Respectful Insolence - debunking science woo - many other topic besides autism, but seems to come up fairly often
We Go With Him - mom of Charlie
Change.org Autism Blog - no longer updated but a lot of posts and resources on disablily rights, science, politics etc. of autism (an adult autistic and the writer of "We Go with Him."
Normal is overrated. Normal is arbitrary and evasive. Nobody is normal; we all bring our own uniqueness to this world that should be appreciated for what it is. A very large portion of the “normal” people I see are anxious and unhappy...
So, to all of you “normal” people out there I say: get over it. Don’t be afraid, and please lose the pity. After you involve yourself with these and other kids with disabilities your life won’t be “normal,” but who needs “normal” anyway? We all need to lose a little “normal.”
http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2010/08/arbitrary-normality.html
(I would also add to this author - why is normal so highly aspired to? And those of you who think you're normal, and look down on those who you consider "abnormal" or raise eyebrows at those who act or dress a little "wierd"? You're not.)
By the way, this entire blog, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, consisting of guests posts by a number of different bloggers on autism (parents, teachers, health care professionals, and especially, autistic people themselves) and eventually to be published as a book, is excellent. I want to send a number of the posts here to everyone I know (well, who doesn't see this here).
(I note the original post of this essay is being jumped all over by Jenny McCarthy's disciples, who don't seem to have actually read the thing.)
Others I like on this topic (but there are tons more - look at the links listed on those pages - and quite a few of these have guest posted on the one mentioned above):
Ballastexistenz - blog by a woman who some would term "low-functioning" as she does not speak. She describes her blog as disabilities civil rights, not about autism, but she does give a lot of insight into what it's like for her.
Asperger Square 8 - as above, but especially in the workplace.
Left Brain/Right Brain - a pair of dads - science-based debunking a lot of the pseudoscience about autism (biomedical treatments that don't work, vaccines causeing autism) plus a lot of the above.
Neurodiversity Weblog - a mom who is an amazing researcher, especially on court cases.
MOM - Not Otherwise Specified - mom of Bud,
Respectful Insolence - debunking science woo - many other topic besides autism, but seems to come up fairly often
We Go With Him - mom of Charlie
Change.org Autism Blog - no longer updated but a lot of posts and resources on disablily rights, science, politics etc. of autism (an adult autistic and the writer of "We Go with Him."
