tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post5531618866824907060..comments2024-02-04T16:46:03.204-08:00Comments on Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: Don't do what the bullies want-or, meaning well isn't always doing well.Neurodivergent Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-75368336550046146982014-09-11T10:01:40.777-07:002014-09-11T10:01:40.777-07:00Everything is so confusing :( How do you help you...Everything is so confusing :( How do you help your child the right way!? He asked for the youtube account? She is granting his wishes, isn't she? But as one comment says I want my child to have TRUE friendship not someone who feels obligated and feels pity for him! :( Mundilfarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17496175652786265069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-50236048419947791912014-09-08T10:47:49.377-07:002014-09-08T10:47:49.377-07:00-_-
Third-grade teacher once lined the class up t...-_-<br /><br />Third-grade teacher once lined the class up to tell me something they like about me. From time to time others have shown up to reassure, support, etc. Attended Autreat for a few years too.<br /><br />All it taught me is that there is nobody who appreciates me for who & what I am. Plenty of folks who will fake it, though.<br /><br />I would expect the YT channel described to accomplish the same lesson. Folks are being friendly out of feeling socially obligated, not because they actually want to get to know you any better.<br /><br />And that's a hellish existence to which to condemn the kid. Frickin' parents.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586375909396491857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-73001705370285492612014-09-06T15:13:17.636-07:002014-09-06T15:13:17.636-07:00I agree as far as the parents releasing the video ...I agree as far as the parents releasing the video of the fake ice bucket challenge. That was a heinous mistake/horrible judgement. As a person with autism, Asperger Syndrome, I would have been horrified to have my embarrassing encounters with bullies spread around the globe. <br /><br />I do support, however, Colin's mom in her effort to show her son that despite his lack of friends locally, he could have friends all over the world who would support him. He now has a very popular Youtube channel where he shares his life with fans everywhere who take an interest in many of the same things he enjoys, and he and his mother make weekly videos where fans can ask questions about his interests. His mom monitors the comments and the questions to weed out the negative and/or inappropriate stuff, so I don't see anything about it that would potentially haunt him in the future. I've seen many of his videos, and he is just a happy kid now who obviously appreciates what his mother has done for him. If anything, I wish that someone had done something like that for me when I was his age.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134787451260602506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-50485743074916210242014-09-05T17:27:06.918-07:002014-09-05T17:27:06.918-07:00The kitty pic was the perfect wway to end this dif...The kitty pic was the perfect wway to end this difficult post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-75498129530704498332014-09-05T12:45:14.213-07:002014-09-05T12:45:14.213-07:00Yeah, and the article DisScoop linked has enough i...Yeah, and the article DisScoop linked has enough information that I'm sure anyone interested could get the kid's name.<br /><br />Bloody parents.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586375909396491857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-36562508046913677972014-09-05T02:43:21.125-07:002014-09-05T02:43:21.125-07:00I honestly do not understand what the parents were...I honestly do not understand what the parents were thinking. I mean, it's such a <i>specific</i> and <i>extreme</i> case of bullying that everyone in the region will know who they're talking about. And they'll talk. How did they expect this not to be counter-productive, if saving their son from further humiliation was their goal?<br /><br />I can kind of get the motivation behind talking to media in generalities that are non-identifying. But in this kid's case, to people in the region, what happened to him is identifying even without the video (and why the fuck did they find it necessary to share the goddamn video, what the fuck were they thinking?!). <br /><br />Seriously. Parents. Parents, this isn't hard. Imagine you're a teenager. Imagine you were just humiliated in a very specific way. Would you like <i>your</i> parents to share video of it internationally and talk about it, thus advertizing to the entire community what happened to you? No? I didn't think so. Don't do it to your kid. Don't revictimize them like that. <br /><br />If it's the kid's choice, that's one thing. But it is not right for you to humiliate your kid by spreading that kind of thing around in public. Seriously. I'm a grownass adult, and I get pissed off when my parents tell "funny stories" of when I got horrendously sick as a child. This is so much worse. <br /><br />I am appalled at their parenting, and baffled at how anyone can think it's an okay thing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com