Here is a recording of some personal reflections on autism, intended for French doctors.
Any comments from any autistic person or any doctor or person concerned with helping autistic people will be welcome. : eric.lucas@allianceautiste.org
Eric LUCAS
A few years ago “cuts” in this audio file (generally indicated by “bip”), because initially I recorded it for someone, without the intention of publishing it.
So I had to remove some parts, and sometimes there are missing transitions between different subjects (it “Goes from the rooster to the donkey”).
Persons for whom “It is (again) trop long” Should click only on one or two parts of one or two minutes, below. (I don't know how to make it shorter).
0:00:00 – Beginning – About the definition of the term “illness” – distinction : 1/Autism, 2/”Unrest”, 3/Handicap – The notion “Alteration”
0:02:28 – Medical power
0:03:17 – Autonomy, freedom, responsibility, self-esteem
0:03:53 – Undiagnosed adult autistics
0:04:38 – Expressions “autistic”, “people with autism”, “People with autism” (the latter being to be avoided)
0:07:47 – Perplexity, Approaches – Bringing the autistic closer, and not to approach it
0:08:34 – Taking into account the views on autism by autistics themselves
0:10:06 – The “trouble” – Neurological, sensory and mental impairments (Inconsistency/unfairness) – (Summary of the classic process of our suffering)
0:16:54 – Uselessness of psychiatry to understand autistic crises
0:18:18 – Communication – Don't force but make people want to – Why this “dictatorship” of communication and “socialization” at all costs ?
0:19:54 – The expression “without intellectual disabilities” – other forms of intelligence – Animals – the “normocentrism”
0:25:12 – Terms “Social Skills” – “Cognitive remediation” – The risks of excess (“more royalist than the king”) – Why not “Social Learning” ?
0:28:33 – Attempt Problem “from another world” (that of non-autism) to help autistic people (time lag)
(Read my Almaty Overview and everything becomes clear)
0:34:27 – The word “therapy” – the word “re-education” (!)
0:35:16 – Medications – oxytocin – The risks of perverse effects of ersatz
0:39:32 – Link between communication and social interactions (gift ! chapter of only 15 seconds (step “trop long”))
0:39:47 – The relativity of “Restricted interests”
0:41:19 – The right to a “refuge”
0:45:30 – The work
0:47:17 – Sport and physical activities
0:48:25 – The “Restricted interests” (encore) – (to rename for example “Special Interests”) –
(expression “high-functioning autistic” : to be avoided) –
0:52:55 – There must be a general consideration of autism for all autistic people, including those who don't know they are
0:54:01 – Housing and living environment – Freedom and autonomy
0:55:44 – Very Thinking “Different” on the health of autistic people – mental health (especially psychological) autistic people, *Independent* of autism (difficult to summarize in writing)