>> ^Gallowflak:

I'm sorry, but if he has Asperger's rather than full-on ASD, I'm the fucking Antipope.


@ant

That one, and because I'm not sure why.

Antipope.. lions eating antelopes. lmao



>> ^EDD:

>> ^Gallowflak:
I'm sorry, but if he has Asperger's rather than full-on ASD, I'm the fucking Antipope.

So you're this guy? http://videosift.com/video/Zlad-I-Am-The-Anti-Pope-Zladko-Zlad-Vladcik

>> ^Gallowflak:

I'm sorry, but if he has Asperger's rather than full-on ASD, I'm the fucking Antipope.


So you're this guy? http://videosift.com/video/Zlad-I-Am-The-Anti-Pope-Zladko-Zlad-Vladcik

I'm sorry, but if he has Asperger's rather than full-on ASD, I'm the fucking Antipope.

>> ^Zonbie:

are you trolling? Not very good? Really? Seriously? Ok what didn't you like?>> ^teebeenz:
That wasn't very good. Demos have really gone down hill, especially now they're allowed to cheat and use hardware acceleration.



Demos are not supposed to be an art students portfolio, they should be pixel art precalcing insanity... a collection of a coders best shit to say "See what we can do".

are you trolling? Not very good? Really? Seriously? Ok what didn't you like?>> ^teebeenz:

That wasn't very good. Demos have really gone down hill, especially now they're allowed to cheat and use hardware acceleration.

Yeah, this was a better recent ASD demo. Oh and ants FTW.

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I wish it were true that they didn't medicate kids with ASD, captbarbiturate, but most of the ASD children I've worked with were actually over medicated. Because the cause and mechanisms of the disorder is such a mystery, parents are often willing to try just about any possible treatment they can find.

They don't prescribe medications to children with ASD, treatment is behavioral. Besides one of the most common myths on the cause of Autism is poisoning from vaccinations. I highly doubt that anyone who believes this would sign up to have their children put on meds. Again, I say that it is HARD to be diagnosed as health insurance companies don't want to pay the bills and most behavioral therapy is funded by the state. I really don't see what the benefits of this "over diagnosis is"

Sure, ASD is over diagnosed now, but part of the reason for that is because children with other developmental or behavior problems are likely to get help if that get a diagnosis of autism. The fact of the matter is that if a child needs some sort of behavioral therapy, they should be able to get it, regardless of their diagnosis.

only one thing... 'benny-tow' never made it to the end of the game.

I didn't see this video until just now, and I'm upvoting for the comments. To be honest, the argument she put forward, in the video and elsewhere, made me somewhat uncomfortable. I'm not exactly a stranger to autism and other ASD, but I've never heard anybody argue that language is relative in nature to the extent that it should be strange that a society would look upon a minority group as not fitting in due to its, well, inability to fit in.

As Farhad said, languages derive their power through their common usage and understanding. Considering that people are capable of functioning cohesively as a society in a large part due to their ability to communicate, I would say that the ability to communicate with others, or lack thereof, is a huge issue.

Interestingly, as Farhad also pointed out, the idea of a language restricting or guiding one's thoughts has been challenged by several noted linguists and cognitive scientists. I believe, although am not sure, that Stephen Pinker is one of these, in that he (or if not him, some other cog. sci.) explored through experiments with children and with monolingual subjects across several languages, whether thought patterns would be consistent regardless of language development or what language was known. According to the evidence presented, language as a function of thought is at least partially descriptive rather than normative.

This woman finds it strange that we should look at her as being "non-communicative", while we don't look at ourselves in the same way for not understanding her. Considering that language is useful merely because a de facto standard of syntax, grammar, and vocabulary can be learned, processed, and understood by many people, and that society, for all practical purposes, MUST use such a standard, then yes, it would not be logical to consider her communicative. Who, exactly, would she be communicating with, for example? Language implies a standard among a group of people. Her idea of language seems to be somehow extremely individualistic. For all practical purposes, it isn't.

I just don't see a reason to accept her conclusions. Anybody?