"Why we need to reframe autism"

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I've just been guest on the podcast that hosted the autism researcher Uta Frith. I did a thread about it: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116206483353899881

Here's my episode:
On substack (but I think anyone can listen to it):
https://neurosense.substack.com/p/why-we-need-to-reframe-autism-with
On Apple podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lets-talk-neurosense-the-psychology-of-neurodiversity/id1883007944 
On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/19fSshl0XkXqiKPCp3uyzO?si=gDBCV9koQHKqvEMHqrZJnw&t=2249 

Pass it on if you like it!

Comments can be made on the Substack version, & very welcome ☺️

#AutismResearch #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AuDHD

K.J. Elphinstone (@[email protected])

Content warning: Uta Frith's views on autism 😱

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@KatyElphinstone

Ooh, I'm going to want to hear that, her interview in the TES was offensively ill-informed, though, like the proverbial broken clock, hitting on a couple of good points by accident.

@MrBerard

Yes, it has raised some interesting discussions, and actually I don't blame her personally, at all - but my feeling it smells of 'establishment' & right wing agendas. Pitting vulnerable groups against each other.

Reinforced by how many posts are popping up on my Facebook feed recently about how 'special needs' children are usurping all of the teachers' attention etc. They're just being 'spoiled' and their parents too. It's quite disturbing and I'm going on there less and less.

@MrBerard

So yes, I think she did bring up some interesting points. I think she may be being used for an agenda, unwittingly. 😥

@KatyElphinstone @MrBerard This would have me incoherent with rage. It also shows that school management and teachers are either not educated enough or not willing to educate parents.

That said, I 100% agree that teachers don't have enough time and/or attention for the non-disruptive kids. Because they are typically massively overworked and often victims themselves of a system that actively produces and protects bullies through its rigid hierarchy.

@KatyElphinstone Thank you for the link Katy and thank you so much for doing this podcast, which I've just been really pleased to listen to. I can't put into words what was going on in my brain when I played it, but the closest I can get is taking nurishment and validation 💛

@autoperipatetikos

Aw thank you so much!! 🥰
Obviously I've been obsessing about it all for awhile 😂

@KatyElphinstone I can't imagine not obsessing 😉 I am very selective about what I listen to. It is so very comforting to hear the voice of someone I know I can feel safe with. Even more rare that the topic is so personal (for me) and excellently expressed.

@KatyElphinstone @autoperipatetikos I’m half way through and so far it’s excellent. You manage to pack so many good points in your responses!

Just a small note re ‘Wrong Planet’. The website you refer to is controversial as it has taken its name from an older coinage by Jypsy and apparently without attribution.

Here’s a copy of Jypsy’s website: https://web.archive.org/web/19990128050041/http://www.isn.net/~jypsy/

And what Dinah wrote about it (I learnt about Jypsy from Dinah): https://web.archive.org/web/20120225205234/http://www.autismusundcomputer.de/english/wrongplanetsyndrom.en.html

**Ooops... Wrong Planet! Syndrome** AUTISM-ASPERGERS-PDD

Autism Spectrum Resources, over 400 links, personal accounts, resources, foreign language resources, autism books, mailing lists, secretin, a very thorough autism site.

@panda

Oh my!!
I'd no idea.... oops 😬
Oh well, I will know for the future. Thanks for the heads up.

@autoperipatetikos

@KatyElphinstone @autoperipatetikos You’re welcome. I had no idea either until Dinah told me when i mentioned to her the other Wrong Planet.