tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387867304282374936.post3257332970206749549..comments2023-06-27T08:51:01.465-07:00Comments on Tragedy? Not in this house!: Stereotyping atypical persons- just babblingAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05457516405821614159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387867304282374936.post-39254568449580806992010-06-12T17:28:11.843-07:002010-06-12T17:28:11.843-07:00I was just commenting somewhere else that our livi...I was just commenting somewhere else that our living in a small rural community has been so beneficial for our boys. They are accepted for who they are..I think that has gone further towards them developing and growing than any services they have received..kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387867304282374936.post-33816187830009691042010-06-02T05:54:45.144-07:002010-06-02T05:54:45.144-07:00I have not met any persons on the spectrum that la...I have not met any persons on the spectrum that lack empathy although I will agree that many demonstrate empathy atypically.<br />Yet this lack of empathy seems to be listed as a 'sign' of autism on nearly every piece of literature the doctor has given me.<br /><br />Backwards engineering! Kim, that sums up the problem wonderfully!Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457516405821614159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387867304282374936.post-84771537172589632902010-06-01T05:00:29.944-07:002010-06-01T05:00:29.944-07:00You raise the important point that the folks doing...You raise the important point that the folks doing the diagnosing often let their own biases and heuristics get in the way of recognizing differences and quantifying them. <br /><br />It's a completely inaccurate stereotype to believe that all persons on the spectrum lack empathy or the desire to have friends and ignores the spectrum. There is a tendency to backwards engineer from behaviors to desires that, I think, often betrays an appalling lack of theory of mind on the part of the diagnostician.Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.com