Autism Awareness E-mails

"We were unable to contact his parents and legally we can not force Christian to do anything as long as he is able to speak on his own. We are concerned that he may be a danger to himself and others so we would like to let that be known."

- Lori's message to the CWCki.



On 16 May 2010 the CWCki was forwarded a bunch of e-mails from a real (read: not a troll) volunteer worker for Autism Awareness. They were wondering if he was faking his illness or if he was misdiagnosed.

These messages began in April 2010 when the powers that be purchased an ad for autism awareness on the CWCipedia. Chris, as expected, was deeply offended by the advertisement's assertion that Aspergers was a form of autism, and quickly made his own version of the ad. While a normal censor would have simply removed the offending phrase, Chris went on to make it blindingly obvious that he was tampering with the ad by adding a hate-fueled mini rant about how the two are completely different.

This tampering prompted Lori, a volunteer worker, to send Chris a few e-mails, in a well-meaning attempt to correct him. When it became clear to her that Chris is completely insane, she began inquiring about Chris's ability to take care of himself. Chris, being unable to deal with reality, quit responding when Lori got around to the fact that Chris lives with his parents and has never held a stable job.

The letters
Just to correct you on some misinformation however. Asperger's and Autism are actually in the same neurotypical spectrum set of disorders. Aspergers and High-Functioning Autism are very similar and in the new upcoming DSM-V, the classification between separating the two will actually be gone. The two will become known as mild forms of autism. Thank you for your time!

- Lori@undefined

No one thinks that that people with Asperger's is trying to steal the reputation from Autism, where did hear this information? Both disorders are in the same spectrum and people with both Asperger's and Autism should be joined together to look for the cure and to make people more aware of both disorders. In fact, Hans Asperger, the discoverer of Asperger's, did not know about High-Functioning Autism when he coined that term. This is why the DSM-V is going to correct this decades old mistake.

Again, I want to thank you for your help, but we would like to change your information to reflect what is actually happening in the world of Autism.

- Lori@undefined

You are going about this all wrong, Christian. Where did you get the idea that people with Asperger's are trying to "steal the light" from Autistics? I have never heard of this before.

- Lori@undefined

We are a little concerned about you Christian. May we have the e-mail of your caretaker? We would like to talk to them.

- Lori@undefined

We are wondering why you formed this opinion. It is very concerning to us that you have such a negative view of Asperger's and Autism. We are also very concerned that you do not have a caretaker. We are currently reading your biography and it states that you lost the ability to speak for many years. We think you may have been misdiagnosed. You may have Landau-Kleffner syndrome which is commonly mistaken for Autism. You may read more about it here:

Landau Kleffner syndrome

We will attempt to speak to your parents about attaining a caretaker.

- Lori@undefined

Are you currently self-sufficient? Do you have a job? Are you living on your own?

We highly implore you to get a caretaker if you answered no to any of these questions. We can assist you in finding one.

Asperger's and Autism are in the same spectrum of disorders, the severity of Autism is the only difference. You say you have high-functioning Autism which is the same as Asperger's, there is no reason to hate a name.

- Lori@undefined