I think it's because how self-centred he is - his supporting characters leave very little impression in his mind, so he fills in the details with stereotypes.
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It’s certainly odd that the indefatigable Giff, a battalion of teachers (both special ed & mainstream) up to the age of 16, and all other interventions all incontrovertibly failed to teach him to read or write, but his missus somehow managed it in a matter of weeks
I call this technobollocks or blinding you with (non)science.What the duck is he waffling on about
It's when you are pretending to explain a complex concept in simple terms but the person you are talking to is too thick to understand. To do this you speak in a helpful voice lots of friendly sounding words with some technical sounding words thrown in.
I used to use this to get an old manager to duck off and leave me alone. I would say things like 'That's easy, I can pop it in to a table and do some pie charts, what labels would you like me to use. I can see that second level validation might be an issue as it looks like there has been some integrated corruption during the exportation process, What protocol did you use for the source data. If it was our FTP it might be an issue as they are still tweaking the beta level. Do you have it as a CSV?". Worked every time.
I’m moving on from being annoyed about the marathon story onto the neurodiversity claims.
I‘m not an academic. But I’m a runner and I’m a parent of an autistic child who has really bleeping struggled to access education. Aand that’s why this part of his ‘story’ really enrages me.
So I’ve sort of done the marathon lie (I can bore you more about how fantastical it is but it’s so boring!) but the ND tit really grinds my gears on a lot of levels (some is stuff I’ve said before) so I want to put it all in one place to explain how harmful it is:
I‘m not an academic. But I’m a runner and I’m a parent of an autistic child who has really bleeping struggled to access education. Aand that’s why this part of his ‘story’ really enrages me.
So I’ve sort of done the marathon lie (I can bore you more about how fantastical it is but it’s so boring!) but the ND tit really grinds my gears on a lot of levels (some is stuff I’ve said before) so I want to put it all in one place to explain how harmful it is:
- He says that he was diagnosed with Asperger’s and global development delay at the age of 3. While Asperger’s is no longer a DX, very few kids were ever dxed with it at such a young age.
- NO ONE is ever diagnosed with GDD - which means that you’re behind in lots of different areas - and Asperger’s at the same time. Asperger’s literally means you have autism but it’s not impacting you intellectually. Which is the opposite of a GDD DX.
- He says he smeared his tit on the walls. If you do that, you don’t get an Asperger’s DX.
- He says he was non verbal until he was 11 and had hours of daily speech therapy. His SALT became so frustrated with him that she assaulted him. If his mum took him as he says, she’d be in the room. Interventions outside of school, the parent is always in the room
- His mum fought for him to leave the special school he’d been put in so that he could achieve his full potential in mainstream school. I’m not disbelieving this but it makes me really bleeping angry. Councils are savagely cutting SEN provision and for so many of our kids, a specialist setting is the only place where they can thrive and even access education at all. His take that all kids need is a parent who really loves and advocates for them and then they’ll flourish in MS education is a Reform wet dream.
He has been found dead. How awful for his family. A lot of questions need to be answered here. RIP.
He’s dead?!
According to the Sun, he was found dead this afternoon.
Absolutely awful news. Obviously people were angry and baffled about everything that has happened with his career, but I'm so sorry he felt this was the only way out. His poor family.
Well tit. Regardless of anything no one wanted this outcome.
I’m surprised he’s (from what news reports are saying) taken his own life. I’d have thought he’d have brazened it out. Very sad for his family.
OMG. That’s awful
Sadly I do think some people/places will use his death (likely suicide) to hide behind so their own lack of due diligence isn’t scrutinised. Of course Arday lied and benefitted from that all but how on earth was Cambridge so taken in by all his fantastical claims that they didn’t do any proper background checks?
Well, it's sad that he felt like this was the only way out. RIP.
I hope the investigations into how he bamboozled so many are not suspended now. Those responsible need quizzing about he was appointed etc etc.
I hope the investigations into how he bamboozled so many are not suspended now. Those responsible need quizzing about he was appointed etc etc.
It is dreadfully sad. If he could've seen it through people have bounced back from far worse scandals. I guess it was just all too much and overwhelming for him.
I feel terrible about some of the harsh things I have said about him on this thread. I honestly didn’t think he’d end his life, I thought he’d sail through the accusations without any regrets, like other people who have been exposed as fantasists do. He obviously did feel shame. His poor family.
Simon Baron Cohen who was a director of the autism Centre along with Jason said that any criticism could drive him to suicide. While I’m sure he’s absolutely horrified by JA’s death, it shouldn’t be weaponised. We need to teach autistic people resilience. Not that criticising them is wrong because their mental health is so fragile.
ETA I don’t think anyone on this thread needs to feel responsible in any way. I doubt this thread was even on his radar. And also (and I’m really adamant about this because of reasons), in 99.9% of cases no one is responsible for someone‘s decision to end their life. The 0.1% is for coercive controllers.
My heart goes out to Arday‘s family and friends who must be devastated
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I am deeply saddened to hear this. How awful for his children. Shame that he thought this was his only way out. May he rest in peace.
Good lord.
Real questions need to be answered by major institutions as to how scenarios like this can unfold.
Real questions need to be answered by major institutions as to how scenarios like this can unfold.
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