Thank you for your responses. Autistic people, in general are not anti social. We do tend towards being socially inept though. [within a group of Autistics though, I feel socially just fine] most of us also have fairly severe sensory issues. Sounds and lights can HURT terribly, for example. our amydalas, being thicker and denser send us into an almost permanent stage of 'fight or flight." For some of us that results in "meltdowns." For some of us that involves folding inside of ourselves, hiding from a very loud, often cruel, world.
My husband and I are working on a physical autistic community. a place where there are others like us living together, a place that is not a 24/7 attack on our senses, a place where we can be accepted. Unfortunately, many if not most Autistics have bought into the NT [neuro typical apha leaders] lies that we are not capable of these types of interactions.
Okay,I am going to rephrase my original question. For those of you who do not consider yourself disabled, that prefer and love Deaf culture. If you were forced to physicaly move far from where you are now, what steps would you take to reestablish Deaf culture in your community?
Thanks so much.
vicky
