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* It's [Autism has] prevented me from making a living or ever having a girlfriend. It's given me bad fine motor coordination problems where I can hardly write. I have an impaired ability to relate to people. I can't concentrate or get things done. |
* It's [Autism has] prevented me from making a living or ever having a girlfriend. It's given me bad fine motor coordination problems where I can hardly write. I have an impaired ability to relate to people. I can't concentrate or get things done. |
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* But then I got fired from so many jobs, I ended up retiring and being supported by my parents. |
* But then I got fired from so many jobs, I ended up retiring and being supported by my parents. |
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===''Autism Gadfly''=== |
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<small>Quoted in "Mitchell's Gadfly" Available [http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jm-idx.htm Online]</small> |
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* yes, Ivar, my mom is still living, she was a nice mother and her attitude towards autism was like mine, that it is a horrible disability that needs to be cured. She also tried to get help for my perceptual motor problems with tutoring and sent me to some special education schools and looked for medications or other treatments that could alleviate my problems but there were none that did any good. |
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* I was a special education in the 1960s for 8 years there is no evidence that techniques have improved or that social skills helps. |
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* We really suffer because a lot of us can't make a living or find a girlfriend. |
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* I wish neurodiversity a hasty death, yes. |
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* education is not really my forte |
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* I wish I had more practical and better advice to offer parents such as yourself who long to have something that will help their children with behavioral and cognitive challenges but unfortunately I do not. |
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* I have a rather pessimistic outlook on things in general |
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Revision as of 20:43, 31 December 2018
Jonathan Mitchell (born 1955) is an American autistic author and blogger who advocates for a cure for autism. He is a controversial figure among autistic bloggers because of his opposition to the neurodiversity movement, his view of autism as a disability, and his desire for a cure.
Quotes
Undiagnosing Gates, Jefferson and Einstein
Quoted in Baker, Anthony. "Autism and representation"
- Worst of all, it [speculation of notable figures] provides fodder for the special educators, special education attorneys, ABA therapists etc. to legitimize their profits and to encourage the false hope and tears for toasted snow that so many parents of these children have.
Neurodiversity: Just Say No
Quoted in "The Autism Rights Movement" New York Magazine (25 May 2008) Available Online
- Most persons with an autism-spectrum disorder have never expressed their opinions on someone’s blog and never will. The neurodiverse often reach a vulnerable audience, as many persons on the spectrum have low self-esteem. Neurodiversity provides a tempting escape valve.
Shortage Of Brain Tissue Hinders Autism Research
"Shortage Of Brain Tissue Hinders Autism Research" NPR (4 February 2013) Available Online
- It's [Autism has] prevented me from making a living or ever having a girlfriend. It's given me bad fine motor coordination problems where I can hardly write. I have an impaired ability to relate to people. I can't concentrate or get things done.
- But then I got fired from so many jobs, I ended up retiring and being supported by my parents.
Autism Gadfly
Quoted in "Mitchell's Gadfly" Available Online
- yes, Ivar, my mom is still living, she was a nice mother and her attitude towards autism was like mine, that it is a horrible disability that needs to be cured. She also tried to get help for my perceptual motor problems with tutoring and sent me to some special education schools and looked for medications or other treatments that could alleviate my problems but there were none that did any good.
- I was a special education in the 1960s for 8 years there is no evidence that techniques have improved or that social skills helps.
- We really suffer because a lot of us can't make a living or find a girlfriend.
- I wish neurodiversity a hasty death, yes.
- education is not really my forte
- I wish I had more practical and better advice to offer parents such as yourself who long to have something that will help their children with behavioral and cognitive challenges but unfortunately I do not.
- I have a rather pessimistic outlook on things in general
