{"id":158,"date":"2010-10-27T17:19:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aspergersparent.wordpress.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2011-11-04T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T14:33:11","slug":"i-s-n-t-humor-that-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/27\/i-s-n-t-humor-that-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"I.S.N.T.: Humor that Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out about the <a title=\"I S N T\" href=\"http:\/\/isnt.autistics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical<\/a>. \u00a0Though this site is a humorous parody, there&#8217;s a lot of truth here.<\/p>\n<p>As the author writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About a year ago I learned I was on the autistic spectrum. Inspired by this discovery, I read everything I could get my hands on about the autistic spectrum. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a lot of what I&#8217;ve found out there, mostly written by &#8220;experts&#8221; and &#8220;professionals&#8221;, has been arrogant, insulting, and just plain wrong. My b\u00eate noire of the moment is finding my emotions described as &#8220;flat&#8221;. &#8230;\u00a0Perhaps tomorrow I&#8217;ll be fired up over being described as &#8220;lacking empathy&#8221;. Or I&#8217;ll be outraged at an exceptionally clueless &#8220;training&#8221; method being inflicted upon autistic kids. Or maybe it will be some new paper written by some &#8220;expert&#8221; from the perspective that neurotypical perception is correct, and my brain is a genetic mistake.<\/p>\n<p>My brain is a jewel. I am in awe of the mind that I have. 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