Also, I think that anyone who wants to comment on Amanda's situation ought to read this (her disclaimer on assumptions):<br><br>http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294<br><br>Having as complex a developmental history as she does often means she's subject to the assumptions other people make, as well as subject to what might be termed the "tyranny of stereotype". I've had a bit of this myself as well, with respect to a whole lot of things (including just being female!). Some people's real lives really are so outside what most people would expect that all attempts to apply the usual person-appraisal heuristics fail miserably. It doesn't make those lives any less real -- it just means that reality is bigger and more complicated than a lot of people give it credit for most of the time.<br><br>- Anne<br><br><p>
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