http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/09/the-neurodiverse-vs-the-cure/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/09/the-neurodiverse-vs-the-cure/#comment-66869 Steve H Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:49:53 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/09/the-neurodiverse-vs-the-cure/#comment-66869 Oh dang, now I feel like I need a t-shirt that says "Promoting Neurodiversity since 1948." Or maybe "Subscribing To." Oh dang, now I feel like I need a t-shirt that says “Promoting Neurodiversity since 1948.” Or maybe “Subscribing To.”

]]> http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/09/the-neurodiverse-vs-the-cure/#comment-64522 Rebecca Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:30:11 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/09/the-neurodiverse-vs-the-cure/#comment-64522 Just finished reading Distress by Greg Egan (1995), in which there is a character who gives a media interview about the Voluntary Autists Association. He's their Media Liaison Officer and represents their views over several pages (starting on p. 57 in the paperback). He makes a case that being subclinically autistic does not obligate the person to undertake autografts to correct the damage, a medical procedure that is posited to exist in the story. He makes an eloquent argument for a person's right to choose to go through their life that way, and not be discriminated against. Includes several very thought-provoking ideas. Just finished reading Distress by Greg Egan (1995), in which there is a character who gives a media interview about the Voluntary Autists Association. He’s their Media Liaison Officer and represents their views over several pages (starting on p. 57 in the paperback). He makes a case that being subclinically autistic does not obligate the person to undertake autografts to correct the damage, a medical procedure that is posited to exist in the story. He makes an eloquent argument for a person’s right to choose to go through their life that way, and not be discriminated against. Includes several very thought-provoking ideas.

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