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autism speech thing
Posted on: June 17, 2010 - 6:11pm
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autism speech thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSactvpsla0 Not one word about god and taking biology, hmm.
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Autism requires patience, yes. Patience in dealing with everyone else's short comings.
Honestly, I don't see why so many people care about this story. A person who studied 8 hours a day every day managed to become the salutatorian of his high school. Even when you have autism, it isn't surprising that 8 hours of work a day will be enough to become the salutatorian of a public school. There are plenty of non-autistic American kids who work hard to achieve their various goals, but nobody makes a bid deal about them unless they actually accomplish something noteworthy.
I don't understand why the Christians I meet find it so confusing that I care about the fact that they are wasting huge amounts of time and resources playing with their imaginary friend. Even non-confrontational religion hurts atheists because we live in a society which is constantly wasting resources and rejecting rational thinking.
To some people, autism is equitable to Down's Syndrome.
Are Down Syndrome kids even born in the US anymore?
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Oh, yes. I am acquainted with a little girl who has Down's who is in grade school. Her parents chose not to have the test as it wouldn't make a difference in their decision to have the child.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
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You probably would not understand unless you had deficiencies yourself, or you new someone with deficiencies.
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)