UO: White chocolate and orange flavoured chocolate are absolutely rancid.
Stop it, you can’t possibly know that they’re not on the spectrum because to you they don’t appear to beI know a mum of 5 who claims all of her children are autistic. I’ve met two of them and can tell you they are most definately not!
Totally agree. Some people are so pig ignorant it baffles me!Oh god. “Label” is so offensive.
Autism runs in families. I have two autistic kids and if I could have an assessment tomorrow I would. My FIL is also blatantly autistic, but he’s in his 80s so would never have been diagnosed when younger. There’s no question where my kids got it from.
If you met my daughter you would never believe she’s autistic. You can’t meet a child and definitively say that they aren’t autistic! Kids, especially girls, are so adept at masking their traits, even though it causes them huge anxiety and stress. She is “geeky and quirky and otherwise presents as NT”… apart from when she lets her guard down and her traits are more obvious.
I’m sick of people who, frankly, know naff all about autism (beyond the obvious stereotypes) who are so confident that autism is over-diagnosed and parents just want to pretend their kids have difficulties.
Totally agree. Some people are so pig ignorant it baffles me!Oh god. “Label” is so offensive.
Autism runs in families. I have two autistic kids and if I could have an assessment tomorrow I would. My FIL is also blatantly autistic, but he’s in his 80s so would never have been diagnosed when younger. There’s no question where my kids got it from.
If you met my daughter you would never believe she’s autistic. You can’t meet a child and definitively say that they aren’t autistic! Kids, especially girls, are so adept at masking their traits, even though it causes them huge anxiety and stress. She is “geeky and quirky and otherwise presents as NT”… apart from when she lets her guard down and her traits are more obvious.
I’m sick of people who, frankly, know naff all about autism (beyond the obvious stereotypes) who are so confident that autism is over-diagnosed and parents just want to pretend their kids have difficulties.
No you stop it!Stop it, you can’t possibly know that they’re not on the spectrum because to you they don’t appear to be
I don’t know whether they are or aren’t, the point is you cannot say they aren’t because they don’t appear to be.No you stop it!
She diagnosed them herself. There is nothing strange or odd about them. How would you know that they possibly are? You don’t know them.
Some people.
But you are though.I don’t know whether they are or aren’t, the point is you cannot say they aren’t because they don’t appear to be.
That’s a fact.
I don’t judge something I don’t know!
The culture now is anyone who isn't mainstream must have something wrong with them.I don’t think most autistic people want that sort of pity. I do however think a lot of these parents with multiple “autistic” children, that not all of them are autistic and some of what they are attributing to their siblings is just learnt behaviour from perhaps the one who genuinely is.
I know a mum of 5 who claims all of her children are autistic. I’ve met two of them and can tell you they are most definately not! They’re just a touch on the geeky/quirky side - the sort of teens that like alternative music, growing their hair long and Warhammer. But otherwise function as NT. I personally think she wanted “roadman type” or jack the lad type of children and didn’t get them, so slapped a label on them instead.
THIS! Is exactly what I am getting at.The culture now is anyone who isn't mainstream must have something wrong with them.
My step son thinks he must be a bit ASD because he not like the other boys. He's not he's just a bit geeky but also not super clever. When I was at school they were just not the cool kids, they didn't have medical lables.
everyone needs a label these days to fit in. Its like girls who can’t be tom boys or boys can’t just want to play with dolls, they are ‘non binary’ or trans.THIS! Is exactly what I am getting at.
Just because they aren’t the mainstream, “cool” kids or a bit aloof and prefer the library to football or Warhammer to PS4 it doesn’t mean they automatically have bloody autism! or any other spectrum disorder.
Yep. Anyone who thinks it's a success to be able to brag they haven't had a drink for a month as if it's something to be proud of, has a problem with alcohol.Unpopular opinion, I can never see the point of dry January. Seems like a pointless exercise. I also think it's usually the one's who have an alcohol problem that are the one's to drivel on about it.
Exactly, and if it's not ASD it's a bleeping weird gender. I'm not a girly girl but I still like doing my hair and makeup, I must be non binary.THIS! Is exactly what I am getting at.
Just because they aren’t the mainstream, “cool” kids or a bit aloof and prefer the library to football or Warhammer to PS4 it doesn’t mean they automatically have bloody autism! or any other spectrum disorder.
Or if they haven’t got “fibromyalgia”.a lot of chav parents want their kids to have something wrong with them for the extra benefits and support they get offered.
adults like a label because it makes them quirky and unique.
nowadays if you don’t have a mental illness or your not gay/bi/a man trapped in a woman’s body or visa versa
Your boring.
Well if you do have a drinking problem and you manage a whole month without a drink that's a pretty big achievement is it not.Yep. Anyone who thinks it's a success to be able to brag they haven't had a drink for a month as if it's something to be proud of, has a problem with alcohol.
I think they were referring to the people who partake in Dry January but don’t have an alcohol problem.Well if you do have a drinking problem and you manage a whole month without a drink that's a pretty big achievement is it not.
I used to do dry January, I'm not alcoholic but it's a good way to reset your drinking levels after the over indulgence of Xmas.
You're right in that just because someone is slim it doesn't mean they are healthy, we can't tell a slim persons health based on how they look.Unpopular opinion. I think way more people have a drinking problem than we realise. I used to work in a convenience store of a major supermarket. And you wouldn't believe the amount of people who drink excessive amounts daily and think it's normal.
Unpopular opinion. I think it's pretty pathetic when people say that we shouldn't have plus size models because it promotes being unhealthy.
just because a model is slimmer doesn't necessarily mean that they're healthy, if they're taking class a drugs for example (obviously not all slimmer models do this I know), does that make them healthy and A good example??