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I am seriously thinking that maybe my response to this should be as an artist, to undertake some pyrotechnic installation, but there you go. I used to pluck hot coals out of the fire, because I could. Can you? You see this kind of intellectual colonialisation is a form of genocide by other means, because although it purports to be the concensus of the great and the good, the established and the untainted to protect our quaint species in some reserve where we can never really do any more than be the subject of study by this nefarious cohort of self proclaimed academic liberals. You think I can't set fire to myself, I am on fire already, anyway lets see. There is absolutely zero possibility of me getting there, so you can all count yourselves lucky this time,(Leeds is a nasty place and I don't like the ring road) but I am warning you all, I will not contain myself forever. Google Larry Arnold, no not me Larry E Arnold, the worlds expert on spontaneous combustion, because one of these days I surely will erupt like Vesuvius if I have to put up with any more of this pretence. Have none of you any shame? Don't go unless you are carrying a placard in defence of Autonomous expression. Larry whose mercury has risen. BTW although I use a lot of metaphor (ironically as a subversion of the construction of what an autist should be or do) I did used to literally pluck hot coals out of my fire, as I say because I could, only yesterday I dipped my fingers in boiling water while blanching my runner beans(more convenient and immediate than using a spoon, I was in a hurry) because that's what I do, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else as it'll turn nasty, you really have to have both the combination of insensitive nerve endings and good timing to carry it off without damage :) . > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:DISABILITY- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Colin Barnes > Sent: 15 October 2012 11:22 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: Leeds Salon - Autism & Human Variation - Monday 22 October > (Announcement) > > FYI > > Colin > > > > [cid:image001.jpg@01CDA808.D5CB7D20]<http://www.leedssalon.org.uk/> > > > Autism and Human Variation > > > [cid:image002.jpg@01CDA808.D5CB7D20]<http://leedssalon.org.uk/index.php/octo b > er-2012-salon>Monday 22 October White Cloth > Gallery<http://www.whiteclothgallery.com/contact>, 24-26 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 > 4HT (near the back of Leeds Station) 6:30pm (for 7pm start) to 8:30pm > £4/£3 concessions, payable in advance through this Eventbrite link. You can also buy > tickets at the venue on the night. > > As part of Love Arts Leeds Festival 2012<http://loveartsleeds.co.uk/>, Leeds Salon has > invited author and academic Stuart Murray to discuss ‘autism and human > variation’<http://leedssalon.org.uk/index.php/october-2012-salon>. > > Autism is one of the most discussed medical conditions in contemporary society. It is > also one of the most misunderstood. For many, it is a disability that poses serious > difficulties in engaging with the world. For others, it is a welcome indication of the wide > variation inherent in the human condition. Biomedical research that aims to discover > the genetic and neurological basis of autism may lead to new forms of treatment, but is > treating autism appropriate? Vast sums of money are being invested to find a 'cure' for > autism, but some autistic people believe that the results of such research could be > tantamount to genocide. In an era of genetic advances and prenatal screening, but also > of disability rights and the acceptance of difference, what do we think we know about > autism? Do we see it as part of our collective future, or as a condition we would rather > be without? > > Speaker: > ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.