Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-27261511-20160109141316

I am, as the title suggests Mr Zuul's wife. Well early this morning he was banned, quite unfairly considering his mental disability is the cause of it. In fact I have this to say.

I wanted to say how my husband is being treated over trying to contribute to your community is atrocious. He was so excited to encounter that helicopter that he was practically ready to explode with excitement after he researched it and found it was one of a kind. So for all of you ignorant people here, here is a brief overview of autism and specifically, Asperger Syndrome (the autism spectrum disorder he has alongisde ADHD and Major Depressive Disorder.)

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior.

People with autism may be severely impaired in some respects but normal, or even superior, in others.

Social deficits distinguish autism and the related autism spectrum disorders (ASD; see Classification) from other developmental disorders.

People with autism have social impairments and often lack the intuition about others that many people take for granted.

There are many anecdotal reports, but few systematic studies, of aggression and violence in individuals with ASD. The limited data suggest that, in children and adults with intellectual disability, autism is associated with aggression, destruction of property, and tantrums.

Individuals with Asperger Syndrome experience difficulties in basic elements of social interaction, which may include a failure to develop friendships or to seek shared enjoyments or achievements with others (for example, showing others objects of interest), a lack of social or emotional reciprocity (social "games" give-and-take mechanic), and impaired nonverbal behaviors in areas such as eye contact, facial expression, posture, and gesture.

People with AS may not be as withdrawn around others, compared with those with other, more debilitating forms of autism; they approach others, even if awkwardly. For example, a person with AS may engage in a one-sided, long-winded speech about a favorite topic, while misunderstanding or not recognizing the listener's feelings or reactions, such as a wish to change the topic of talk or end the interaction.[9] This social awkwardness has been called "active but odd".[1] This failure to react appropriately to social interaction may appear as disregard for other people's feelings, and may come across as insensitive.[9] However, not all individuals with AS will approach others. Some of them may even display selective mutism, speaking not at all to most people and excessively to specific people. Some may choose only to talk to people they like.

The cognitive ability of children with AS often allows them to articulate social norms in a laboratory context,[1] where they may be able to show a theoretical understanding of other people's emotions; however, they typically have difficulty acting on this knowledge in fluid, real-life situations.[9] People with AS may analyze and distill their observations of social interaction into rigid behavioral guidelines, and apply these rules in awkward ways, such as forced eye contact, resulting in a demeanor that appears rigid or socially naive. Childhood desire for companionship can become numbed through a history of failed social encounters.

People with Asperger syndrome display behavior, interests, and activities that are restricted and repetitive and are sometimes abnormally intense or focused. They may stick to inflexible routines, move in stereotyped and repetitive ways, or preoccupy themselves with parts of objects.[28]

Pursuit of specific and narrow areas of interest is one of the most striking possible features of AS.[1] Individuals with AS may collect volumes of detailed information on a relatively narrow topic such as weather data or star names, without necessarily having a genuine understanding of the broader topic.[1][9] For example, a child might memorize camera model numbers while caring little about photography.[1] This behavior is usually apparent by age 5 or 6.[1] Although these special interests may change from time to time, they typically become more unusual and narrowly focused, and often dominate social interaction so much that the entire family may become immersed. Because narrow topics often capture the interest of children, this symptom may go unrecognized.[9]

Stereotyped and repetitive motor behaviors are a core part of the diagnosis of AS and other ASDs.[33] They include hand movements such as flapping or twisting, and complex whole-body movements.[28] These are typically repeated in longer bursts and look more voluntary or ritualistic than tics, which are usually faster, less rhythmical and less often symmetrical.[34]

According to the Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA) diagnostic test, a lack of interest in fiction and a positive preference towards non-fiction is common among adults with AS.

To end this rant of mine, whoever is the highest in charge of this ignorant and discriminatory site, I would like to speak to, and I mean the absolute highest in charge. Because my husband absolutely shut down after that ban and I can't stand watching him cry. The ban should be removed and the users involved should be informed of the nature of my husbands disability, because how they acted and reacted was completely insensitive and ignorant.

I hope all of you who see this are more decent human beings than those that were involved. 