This is something that I've noticed in many AS forums. It seems to be common among those who are new to AS. What I'm talking about is an attitude among some autistics that people on the spectrum are perfect angels who can do no wrong.
I am all for pointing out our good qualities. The more people who know that we are not just soulless robots, that we are actual people, the better. If autism is less demonised, hopefully the world will be easier for us to live in. Hopefully, fewer autistic children will be murdered because their parents had been misinformed and thought there was no hope.
However, this attitude can go too far. There are some people who would have it that autistics can do no wrong. This is not true, and this attitude is detrimental to our image, as it portrays us as arrogant, supercilious and unaware of our faults.
I think it was Joel Smith who pointed out that autism is a neurological condition, not a moral one. This is absolutely correct. There are good autistics, there are bad autistics. We are human like anyone else, and as humans, we are flawed. We are not all cut from the same sheet of "angelic, super-smart" dough.
We are people. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Hmm depends upon your definition of angel I suppose, as well as your [my] perspective.
Cheers
It does depend on the definition, but I was thinking of the "perfect, better than any mere human" type of angel. We are just as flawed as anyone else. :)
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