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headoverheels
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i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
these are all kid's shirts from cafepress.com
thoughts?
ETA: ugh they are all .gif files. i will post the link instead.
cafepress.com autism t-shirts
Message edited 5/23/2008 9:10:01 AM.
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anonttcer
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Some of them are alright but others are just bizzare! Almost like poking fun at it.
So strange... 
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:14 AM |
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lucyloo
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
I think they are neat.
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:15 AM |
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JennZ
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
I didn't see it as poking fun at it, more light trying to make light of it. I could be wrong, I didn't find any of them offensive though. JMO.
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:16 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
As long as the people wearing it are the ones with Autism (or their families), I don't see a problem with it. Many times, humor is the only way to deal with things. If they are OK with joking about what is going on, then I'm OK with it too.
I think many of them are pretty cute... 
I often joke around about my diabetes. It's not going away any time soon, so I can either joke about it, or be upset about it. I personally chose the humor route most of the time.... 
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:17 AM |
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diva7531
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Maybe they're trying to embrace it, take back the control? I hope
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:17 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
i honestly didn't know what to think! like i said, it takes a LOT to offend me, but i can't imagine having my child wear this.
now, if i were to have a child with autism, my opinion might change. it's just that i can't tell now how i would react, never having been in "their" shoes. KWIM?
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:18 AM |
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TheWhiteRabbit
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
I think they are meant to promote awareness. My cousin has brain cancer with an inoperable tumor and she has a t-shirt that says "I have a brain tumor, what's your excuse?" It's from this book that my cousin told me helped her so much:
http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Surgery-Whats-Your-Excuse/
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:23 AM |
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JennyPenny
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
I'm pretty sure most of these things are created by customers, so they probably made them for their own children
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:31 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Posted by JennyPenny
I'm pretty sure most of these things are created by customers, so they probably made them for their own children
ah see now that i did not know! that makes it much cooler IMO
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:51 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Posted by KittyTheStray
I think they are meant to promote awareness. My cousin has brain cancer with an inoperable tumor and she has a t-shirt that says "I have a brain tumor, what's your excuse?" It's from this book that my cousin told me helped her so much:
http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Surgery-Whats-Your-Excuse/
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oh that is cool! see i think this is why the shirts struck me as odd - because i have no experience with autism. if i did, i am sure i would think differently.
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:52 AM |
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
i'm on the fence.
i guess it's because i am not in their shoes.
but...
like everything else in life, you can laugh at it or it can make you cry.
if the family chooses to laugh, more power to them.
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:52 AM |
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ReiRei13
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
I think they'e AWESOME!! There was maybe one or two that I wasn't crazy about but to each their own....they must have created it for a reason!
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:56 AM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Posted by JennZ
I didn't see it as poking fun at it, more light trying to make light of it. I could be wrong, I didn't find any of them offensive though. JMO.
ITA
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| Posted 5/23/08 9:57 AM |
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igottabeme
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Wouldnt you like to know! ;)
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Re: i am NOT easily offended, but these strike me as "odd" at the very least
Posted by Stacey1403
Posted by JennZ
I didn't see it as poking fun at it, more light trying to make light of it. I could be wrong, I didn't find any of them offensive though. JMO.
ITA
ditto. i think its actually a nice idea to have more autism awareness.
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