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Neri

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So I found this resource. It does cost some, not a huge amount but some. It's a 4 week course designed by autistic academics to give current and comprehensive information about what it really is to be autistic from a clinical scientific AND a lived experience perspective.
I watched a review of it and its seems very on point, so I'm sharing the link
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism
 
Before spending the money, I know of, at least, three different schools of thought regarding the spectrum, which affects what to do about it.
  1. The whole spectrum is defective and must be cured or prevented.
  2. The whole spectrum represents neuro-diversity and, by extension, any apparent dysfunctions should be embraced along with it.
  3. ASD1 is healthy neuro-diversity, but the severe co-morbid conditions of ASD2 & 3 should be cured or prevented, if possible.
(I subscribe to #3.)
 
Neri said:
So I found this resource. It does cost some, not a huge amount but some.
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I was able to sign up for free. The course is in 4 "weekly" parts. Initially only week one is unlocked. But then each week another week's content is unlocked. I'm on week 3 now. I think the way it works is that as a free member I can access all the content of the course for a limited 4 week period. If I pay, then it is permanently available.

So far the content of the first two weeks is pretty light. I'm not learning anything I don't already know. It's not going into the science and research much at all. It would be an excellent introduction to autism for someone who doesn't really know much about it.
 
tazz said:
So far the content of the first two weeks is pretty light. I'm not learning anything I don't already know. It's not going into the science and research much at all. It would be an excellent introduction to autism for someone who doesn't really know much about it.
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Which of my three views above does it advance?
 
I think you'd have to take a look yourself and make that judgement. From what I see, it's an educational course - it doesn't have an agenda so it doesn't advance any of your views. It just gives an overview of what is known about autism. Whether you think it should be embraced or cured is a matter of personal opinion I guess.

But I would say that I think the research has pretty much concluded that autism is not something that can be cured and there's nothing in the course so far that suggests it can be.
 
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Neri said:
So I found this resource. It does cost some, not a huge amount but some. It's a 4 week course designed by autistic academics to give current and comprehensive information about what it really is to be autistic from a clinical scientific AND a lived experience perspective.
I watched a review of it and its seems very on point, so I'm sharing the link
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism
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Do you want to add this to resources?
 
Crossbreed said:
Before spending the money, I know of, at least, three different schools of thought regarding the spectrum, which affects what to do about it.
  1. The whole spectrum is defective and must be cured or prevented.
  2. The whole spectrum represents neuro-diversity and, by extension, any apparent dysfunctions should be embraced along with it.
  3. ASD1 is healthy neuro-diversity, but the severe co-morbid conditions of ASD2 & 3 should be cured or prevented, if possible.
(I subscribe to #3.)
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I'm not sure if it goes into 3. as I'm just now watching week 1.
It certainly doesn't prescribe to 1.
I would say it's leaning more toward 2. at this stage.
 
So I completed week one. I thought it was pretty informative and accurate, on the whole. It calls for contributing after every mini module with comments. I enjoyed the contributing aspect. It makes me feel like I'm adding a voice to autism academia.:-)

I'm not going to give a summation as it's just too comprehensive and I wouldn't be able to do it justice with where my brain is at, right now.

I do recommend it though. It's nuanced, it's respectful, it's informed and led by actual autistic academics and it features autistic community members in all their diverse glory, just like the macro autistic community.

We are a most astoundingly diverse bunch of amazing, incredible, unique and interesting individuals, in my opinion. And I don't mean to sound flowery and sugar-coat things, but I do love being autistic and revelling in autistic culture, but that's only after the perfunctory hard yards of intense isolation, misunderstanding, misery and ridiculous levels of intellectual and personal development that is required to actually overcome autistically, and societally, and familiarly induced trauma.

Not that I'm all better or anything, it's a work in progress

So on that note, I am going to post a tiktok that I just watched, in efforts to overcome, with autistic and AuDHD peer support, said trauma.

This compilation spoke to my heart. So many of these voices were the balm that ripped the repressed agony and anguish from my autistic heart. I cried. A lot. As is my purview. As a newly diagnosed Adhder, I am processing a LOT of a lifetime of being undiagnosed and not treated particularly well, a lot of the time. So Im leaving this here. Prepared to be educated and touched and met in a place where autists share experiences for greater growth and healing.


 
Neri said:
We are a most astoundingly diverse bunch of amazing, incredible, unique and interesting individuals, in my opinion. And I don't mean to sound flowery and sugar-coat things, but I do love being autistic and revelling in autistic culture, but that's only after the perfunctory hard yards of intense isolation, misunderstanding, misery and ridiculous levels of intellectual and personal development that is required to actually overcome autistically, and societally, and familiarly induced trauma.
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Wow. Well said. :)
 
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