Reply to Is "on the spectrum" offensive?

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Is "on the spectrum" offensive?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have recently been in situations where adults casually referred to awkward or socially unaware colleagues as "on the spectrum." I find this frustrating and offensive (and often inaccurate) and the term itself bothers me. I am a mom of a SN kid so definitely sensitive to this kind of thing.. is this objectively offensive? How about if referring to a kid with an ASD diagnosis?[/quote]

You call your kid a "SN kid" but you are offended when people say "on the spectrum"?

Does your house have any mirrors? [/quote]

Do you have any critical thinking? Why are you on the SN Board? OP has a child [i]diagnosed[/i] with special needs. Duh. It is rude to make armchair diagnoses of people because you find their behavior weird. Why do have to explain this to an adult?[/quote]

People aren’t so ignorant about what symptoms go with what anymore. Do they can think whatever they wish. If they have to talk about it with others they’ll have to pretend the PC HR police are behind them.

Do people with ASD take offense if people suspect they have ASD? Explore that.

You can formally keep your dx a secret but if incidents keep popping up and aren’t addressed, relationships can be damaged. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics