RP Party finders being reported AGAIN without so much as a reason.

[Mirhd]

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It's honestly ridiculous how you try to portray me as someone who just doesn't "get" autism, when it's clearly the other way around. You have your singular (milder) experience, while I actually do understand what it's like to interact/care for someone with severe autism - and mild. People who know those with autism tend to know other people who are, or know/work with those with autism at various levels, honey. We aren't talking ADD, ADHD, Aseburgers, etc., (which are part of the spectrum, and something I'm also familiar with), we're talking "nonverbal, cannot do daily tasks alone, cannot live alone" severe, and I thought that was bloody clear.

Are you seriously going to claim to me you understand what it's like to not be able to go to the bathroom on your own/wear a diaper well past age 10? To at times, when experiencing sensory overload, attempt to knock your skull against a wall over and over? I absolutely despise the "wearing helmets" stereotype because it's often used to insult people, but sometimes those helmets are necessary. It's very difficult to safely bring someone down from that state, which is why you carefully try to divert their attention to something else before it ever gets to that point, but it doesn't always work, and it's freaking heartbreaking. For all your spew about me not understanding, it's the opposite. My view of the autism spectrum is much, much broader than yours, despite your claimed, singular (milder) experience, and I don't particularly care if it sounds harsh at this point.

This is one thing (maybe one of many, who knows) that they will never budge on. As frustrating as it is, it's usually best to just let it be and not engage in this particular debate with them. There are no winners. Believe me, I've tried. lol

What really gets me is that he acts as if it's somehow irrational or overly emotional to basically say kids are not mentally developed and "don't ----ing diddle kids". What the bloody hell?