Edward Kollin

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@cavesofsteel @MAGICALGAYMERS IMHO bringing back Asperger’s is a lost cause. It was a less bad descriptor then Autism. Going forward the best approach is more subcategories based on prominent traits.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@cavesofsteel @MAGICALGAYMERS Language policing is a form of bullying. Autistics get bullied enough, the last thing Autistics should do is bully other Autistics.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@cavesofsteel @MAGICALGAYMERS The acceptable label Autism was coined by an influential eugenicist https://t.co/hQxVXi1zym

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@HoshinoSaikyo @Etanarachel @cavesofsteel Asperger’s syndrome was being used informally in psychology circles before Wing’s article. This was all before Hans Asperger’s Nazi enabling was known. Hans Asperger did not coin the term that would be named after him. He called it autistic psychopathy.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@HoshinoSaikyo @Etanarachel @cavesofsteel Lorna Wing wrote a journal article proposing Asperger’s syndrome as a seperate diagnosis to solve the problem that most Autistics were not being identified due to strict diagnostic criteria. She felt parents would accept a label that was not commonly associated with retard

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@Matt_Pinner Linda Ronstadt during her Stone Poneys days. Who did not have a crush on her?

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@NachumZvi Malcolm McLaren

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@NachumZvi Susanna Hoffs, Benny Goodman, Carly Simon, Perry Farrell, all members of the Shangri-Las and Hiam, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, and Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Chris Stein, Genya Raven(Holocaust Survivor)

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@GeoRebekah You progressives are supposed to be all about tolerance but it never occurred to you that these posts are offensive to people with continence problems.

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@GeoRebekah I hate the guy also but all these he shit his pants posts and other wishful thinking posts are Trump derangement syndrome and one reason he won two elections and might finagle his way into a third term.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@CarolineGlick @jpodhoretz His memory will be a blessing

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ Yes this has been very damaging to all autistics. I was heartened that ASAN and parents of high support needs autistics signed a statement criticizing Kennedy.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ When I was first diagnosed a dozen years ago I did that. Then I realized by doing that I was triggering the basic parental instict to protect the family from outsider attack. I was pretty much guaranteeing they would never listen to anybody advocating for autism rights again.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ Disability does not necessarily mean inability. Meaning some, probably most of us have impaired ability to pick up facial and other non verbal cues, not no ability at all.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ FWIW Masking is deliberately changing ones natural behaviors to fit in. It may or may not be internalized ableism. Outside of behavoirs that cause harm if you believe the majority behaviors are correct and your natural behaviors are flawed that is internalized ableism.

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ Fellow Autistics we are never going to find a term that perfectly describes every autistic’s every experience so stop language policing each other

[Edward Kollin @EdKollin]

@sensorystories_ I was diagnosed at 55 and am turning 68 next month. I do wonder if the serious health issues I have had is normal aging, or aging plus internal and external stressors that comes along with being autistic in an ND world.

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@sensorystories_ I dislike that framing because it implies we are not human.

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@sensorystories_ If a person gets a self diagnosis wrong that is thier problem not yours. If you feel the self diagnosed threatens your Autistic identity that is your problem not theirs.

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