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God no. Speaking as someone that communicates primarily through text (high likelihood of Autism) the internet was the first chance a lot of us had to ... speak
by awesome_dude 11mo ago
God no.
Speaking as someone that communicates primarily through text (high likelihood of Autism) the internet was the first chance a lot of us had to ... speak.. and be heard
- deadbabe 11mo agoThat’s not a problem that generalizes to the broader population. We don’t really need internet.
- awesome_dude 11mo agoScrew the broader population I can speak now dammit!!!!!
- danaris 11mo agoIn other words "disabled people can suck it, because I don't care about their lives or experiences"? We often fall short, but as a society we do try to make sure we're accommodating disabled people when we make big changes in our systems.
- awesome_dude 11mo agoJust FTR - I read them as being facetious
- danaris 11mo agoPoe's Law applies. There are far, far too many people who genuinely think disabled people should just disappear or die for it to be "safe" to be facetious about that without a clear sarcasm indicator.
- cindyllm 11mo ago[dead]
- fn-mote 11mo agoI disagree. People have a need to be heard and understood. That’s half of what we are doing here posting. Many (“not disabled”) people don’t fit in with their local peer group / society. The internet gave them a way to connect with other like-minded individuals. Do I need to give examples? Let’s say: struggling with a rare disease.
- Wowfunhappy 11mo agoBut on the other end you have genocide triggered by Facebook. You can't speak if you're dead. Perhaps some of that violence would have happened anyway. I don't know how it all nets out.
- sukhdeepprashit 11mo ago[flagged]
- manmal 11mo agoNot much has changed, only people get diagnosed now. I think GP makes actually a good point that, with all its downsides, there are also net positive upsides to the internet.
- bad_haircut72 11mo agothere are upsides but I dont know if its net upside. In this particular example, communicating by text - letter writing has existed for millenia and has arguably degraded considerably in this age of instant messaging
- awesome_dude 11mo agoSorry, i know it's a bit "flavour of the month" but I mentioned it because I have a difficulty communicating face to face, which is common amongst a certain group of people, and I figured that mentioning it would help people understand my thinking.
- bad_haircut72 11mo agoWhy couldn't you write letters instead of texting?
- awesome_dude 11mo agoI didn't have your mailing address :P