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from absinthecity

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From linguaphiles:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005195.html

The proliferation of 'fuck' on Chinese signs (and why). Even if you aren't interested in how it happened, the examples are hysterical.

Another example of PC gone mad:

http://autisticbfh.blogspot.com/2006/09/neutral-words-glossary.html

Because you're never, ever allowed to imply that autism is in any way negative, nor that any effort to change an autistic person's behaviour is positive. UGH.

Now, I'm not autistic (though the way they're diagnosing Asperger's and borderline Asperger's today, who the hell knows, especially when I was younger and had zero social skills). But I'm not "neurotypical" (god, I hate that term, especially when it's used as a kind of reverse insult) and you know what? I wouldn't want to change and be "normal", but I also know that there are things I did that interfered with my life, and I was HAPPIER when I had therapy to change them. Being able to interact with the world on some kind of "normal" level isn't a bad thing and it's not bad for a parent to want it for their kids. There's a big difference between that and wanting your kid to be "just like everyone else".

I also think that talk like this (invariably from very high functioning Aspies, because they have the ability to be articulate) is a real insult to parents who are struggling with autistic kids who have major issues. It can come off as "oh, you're imposing your view of normality on your kids". No, they're trying to deal with the fact that their kid bangs their head against the wall, or can't talk, or has public meltdowns at the drop of a hat.