Comments on: Travolta, Scientology and Autism

By: KM

KM — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:12:39 +0000

I liked your article and if I don’t want to see the ads, I just don’t click on them…it’s that simple. The “click bait” certainly doesn’t take away from the point and/or purpose of the story. My son was recently diagnosed with Asperger’s. It was a long hard and frustrating journey. A journey where I was told, year after year, that I was being melodramatic, over-reacting, too overbearing, etc. whenever I suggested autism and/or asperger’s to his doctors. Does that make me irresponsible? Does that make me deserving of hateful comments? No. Until you walk in someone who you openly denegrate shoes, don’t make assumptions about people, their beliefs, their motives, or their actions.

To the admin.- you don’t owe anyone an explanation as to why there are ads in your article. You don’t have to engage in a back-and-forth with someone who apparently loves to argue for the sake of arguing.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:23:37 +0000

I’m sorry my words confused you so much.. I’m not very good at these sorts of things. I never seem to get my words out the way they are suppose to be. I don’t really know the first thing about scientology, so no I do not claim to be one. My son is diagnosed as a classic Aspie.. his doc assumed he inherited it from me. I still am not convinced a diagnosis has a lot of meaning for my son or any of us in our family. He has always been treated like anyone deserves to be treated. We love him and that is most important.. with or without labels or standards. Something tells me you will find fault with all this.. which is ok.. it is who you are. It’s human too.. No offense meant.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:59:31 +0000

Z: “As far as Autumns comments they can also be interpreted as while disabled individuals are disabled – they are still human.”

Autumn: “Maybe they saw Jett as human being instead of a ‘disabled’”

I’m “a disabled” and I’m human. I’m not a disabled with humaness, I’m “a disabled” human.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:51:03 +0000

Perhaps, but I take them for what they wrote, not how I want to interpret what they wrote.

By: AspieWeb Admin

AspieWeb Admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:45:23 +0000

@CS:

Or they could also be attempting to say:
“with or without our diagnosis’s or labels. We’re all human.” “

By: CS

CS — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:41:14 +0000

“CS.. Scientologists are human too.. with or without our diagnosises or labels. We’re all human.”

Scientologists…with or without OUR diagnosis or labels….

I don’t know about your grammatical understanding, but mine says that they were referring to themselves as a scientologist.

By: AspieWeb Admin

AspieWeb Admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:34:54 +0000

@CS:

Your statement implies an assumption as well that Autumn is part of the scientology church.

As far as the advertising goes, certain ads do concern me and I have been looking for solutions in keeping an income while ridding myself of them.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:19:18 +0000

“As far as Autumns comments they can also be interpreted as while disabled individuals are disabled – they are still human.”

Her statement implies an assumption. Perhaps you should read up on Scientology views on autism.

One of the tenets of Scientology is that psychiatric dianosis are psychosomatic, and can only be treated through spiritual healing. In other words, we cause our own autism. It’s all fake according to scientology.

Support of scientology is inconsistent with self advocacy, self identification, and humanity. Remember, this cult came from a science fiction novel. If you want to know the truth about it, a “religion” about to be outlawed in parts of Europe, read the accounts of former scientologists.

“I’m sorry you find it deceitful, how would you recommend I make money in order to survive? I encourage you to cntact me with suggestions.”

The manner and ethics you utilize to “survive” are entirely up to you. If you wish to advertise anti-autistic websites, that is your “perogative” as Bobby Brown famously sang.

By: AspieWeb Admin

AspieWeb Admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:59:00 +0000

@CS:

I’m sorry you find it deceitful, how would you recommend I make money in order to survive? I encourage you to cntact me with suggestions.

As far as Autumns comments they can also be interpreted as while disabled individuals are disabled – they are still human.

I know very well some parents have a hard time admitting their children are disabled, others can be overprotective.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:42:59 +0000

“I apologize if that offends you or anyone else but I have to survive.”

Advertising doesn’t offend me, deceit does. Those double underlines are deceitful. Now, when I clicked on this there is an advertisement for Scientology in a banner ad along with autism detoxification, Generation Rescue, and hyperbarics.

“If you can provide cited information on the attorneys saying that I would gladly edit this story.”

You came up with the post, you shouldn’t ask me to get your facts straight.

From Autumn: “CS.. Scientologists are human too.. with or without our diagnosises or labels. We’re all human.”

No one said scientologists aren’t human, you stated that autistic people aren’t human, glad you outed yourself as a scientologist. Scientology denies our existence and blames us for our own form of humanity Autumn, so take your science fiction cult arguments somewhere where they give a shit.

See Zack, the scientologist PR machine at work!