COMPULSIONS, OBSESSIONS
& ROUTINES
In a time and space before Rain Man,
we did autism very well on our own and followed our own path via
the Autism Blueprint as described in the book by Alan Tuirng The
Enigma (1983 Hodges).
Seeing the world in picture thoughts
If psychology or autism "experts" would
be versed in our thought system they would see what we see literally
the picture thoughts the brain generated images the day dream type
thoughts that happen during the lack of eye contact. Those Picture
thoughts IF understood are indeed very narrow and focused. Old 'Pre-designer
autism' had those wonderful narrow thoughts pegged (absently) as
our learning hallway and modern versions have them listed as a crime.
The good news is as our Anthropology has proven time and again those
interests once completely satisfied just simply bubble over into
life at large and we eventually lose our narrow interests. At least
in later life most of us can get along well and participate in conversation
and not bore the other party to death or talk just about one thing
only.
Labeled as autistic
Note 'modern autism' has made this aspect of autism
MUCH WORSE than it was. While we used to be little professors and
other odd things we were never "AUTISTIC." The missing
of that label gave us much more freedom to grow and thrive and when
the world was absent millions of autism "experts" no one
was there to tell us we have autism thus were stupid to fart and
everytime we "mess up" it is now autism and nothing else
and of course autism is a horrible condition that needs cured as
they see it. It doesn't need cured it simply needs understood. It
is after all a thought process that has never been in a text book
before.
Funny thing is we simply out grew autism so well that modern autism
experts don't even know what they see when they see us and since
we have discovered a never in print before thoughts process no one
else in the Ph.D. Field has clue to what we do. Even worse, 'modern
autism' has spoken and we are only allowed to be in group homes
or be Autism Savants in real life as they so desperately search
for a cure to autism-one they will never find.
COMPULSIONS
Compulsions are understandable and while we had
them many of us learn that IF we got to school we could go several
different routes and take many different modes of transportation
and still get there. Keep in mind our parents got an earful of us
and in my case I might have got a good talking to or even a kind
slap of some sort and endured the "different route" I
have seen Modern Autism Parents are told to "give in,"
, etc., and keep their kid quiet.
Again, our picture thoughts are very rigid at
first in early life and setting in one chair for dinner, for example,
is GREAT as have figured out like a blind person does how to function
from that chair. We learn the noises from that chair and life is
comfortable from there. AUTISM forgets and never knew we are BOTH
DEAF AND BLIND as our optic vision is turned off and replaced with
a daydream type of thought. Many autistic people don't even know
their optic vision is OFF and replaced with a picture thought -
all they know is they are much more comfortable being in the same
place and time as often as possible. This usually improves as they
inadvertently brain wash themselves and normal thoughts get absently
figured out this. Now If autism Experts know our picture thoughts
they could do what we did with obsession and make them work for
us not against us.
Obsessions
Once Again 'modern autism' has missed the whole
point to obsessions - they are simply the building blocks of autism
and if they knew why we had to do them and why they simply fit the
autism mindset the "Experts" are clueless about Obsession
would finally be seen as something no more important than reading
Harry Potter all the time. Obsessions are a spring board to understand
normal life, or in the case of career, becoming experts in our own
right. If autism specialists knew what they were trying to do they
would NEVER try to neutralize our Obsessions - they would rather
embrace them and let us learn from them the way we are programmed.
routines
Routines are very good for us, especially as we
learn life in our own way a way never in a text book before and
a way that has been seriously diluted in modern Autism Practice.
For example, a blind person likes a routine, as it makes life easier
to figure out. The same holds true for Autism. Our 'Invisible to
you thought patterns' are kind to us when they are not challenged
too much. Modern Kids have got their way too often and thus they
have never learned the lesson you can actually BREAK a routine and
still do something. If Our autism Gatekeepers could see what our
thoughts system consists of they would see how we break from them
and they could truly helps us do it, not just hide it as they do
now.
Do compulsions, obsessions & routines need
attention?
YES it Requires Attention but sadly it is something
not even fathomable in modern designer autism circles. If Our Old
working group could be admitted to the simple knowledge that modern
Experts have never known will just shine like a beacon of hope.
I 'm serious - if we are ever admitted to besides all of modern
Autism being proven useless it will also expose the building blocks
of man's mind and this knowledge alone will give mankind much more
hope than ever before.
'Modern autism' has really become too stressful on new families
as the plethora of experts all chime in doing their part to make
Autism a disgusting horrible problem leaving us zombies in a group
home. If Modern Autism Parents ever get to read the stories of our
odd lives and our parents and they see how being absent of autism
Diagnosis and "knowledge" was the very best thing that
ever happened to us the modern Autism Parents will feel so badly
cheated. (and they are) Autism Never had to be become a Designer
Epidemic and one thing is for sure we will never be admitted now.
Curse You, Rain Man.
by Rich Schull
Host of the blog Pre
Rain Man Autism
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