No need to appologize. Some things are worth ranting, or even getting angry about.
This is definatly one of them. --- Michael Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > For someone like me, who is relatively unfamiliar with autism, the > article > > was helpful. (Well, except where (as you pointed out,) it was misleading > or > > insulting to the autistic.) > > > > Your comments were *very* helpful. Thanks for going into such detail. > > > > Sorry for getting a little ranty about it, but I have a few pet peves and > one of them is someone saying "Autistic people lack emotions/empathy." > Both > are commonly said, and both are *very* wrong and agravate me to no end. > > Michael Harney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because > he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all > the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. > But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than > man for precisely the same reasons." - Douglas Adams > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ===== _________________________________________________ Jan William Coffey _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
