Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

Re:Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by DoreenMichele on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:26PM (#19445234)

I think there is a failure to communicate somewhere. I'm certainly not suggesting that people are born as blank slates. I'm just suggesting that there is a lot that happens in the years between birth and adulthood that influence outcomes. Whatever stuff we are born with is not some kind of predetermined fate that "we will do/behave X."

I've raised two special needs sons. They are late twenties/early thirties. This is a problem space I've thought a lot about. My thoughts on the subject seem to generally not plug into the current public narrative.

I'm still trying to figure out how to write effectively about it so it's clear to other people.

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Re:Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by nnq on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @04:55PM (#19446803)

Sorry, yes, there's probably a communication issue :) You surely have a lot of valuable things to say.

Just don't ever starts with "people are products of their social environments", it can send the totally wrong vibe to many people and make cause the rest of the message be misunderstood. At least reword it somehow. Lots of people are "violently allergic" to this kind of social-determinism style discourse.

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Re:Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by DoreenMichele on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:02PM (#19446882)

It's not social determinism. It's more like "nature and nurture."

But I will try to be clearer in the future.

Thanks.

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