[diversity-talk] Neurodiversity and CoC

[Randal Hale]

Whoever admins this list - Serge should be removed for that email. If it 
doesn't happen I'm out.

Bully all you want on whatever other list your on - this one should be 
asshole free.

Someone let me know if he's allowed to stay after that outburst.

Randy


On 12/01/2014 08:30 PM, alyssa wright wrote:
> first ,congratulations to me for being the most offensive person ever 
> to you. i can only imagine what a high bar that is. second, i have a 
> traumatic brain injury. it is no fucking joke so lay off AND there is 
> a lot i have evidence of similarities between certain tbi's and 
> autism. and finally, who may i ask if the fucking public shamer in 
> this scenario? i am happy to work on an inclusive and safe coc that 
> but i refuse to work with assholes.
>
> period,
> alyssa.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com 
> <mailto:emacsen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Alyssa,
>
>     While in OSM I've been called a pig, an imbecile, a bimbo, and a host
>     of other terms, but your mail is absolutely, without a doubt the most
>     offensive thing I've experienced in my time in OpenStreetMap.
>
>     While I feel bad for your accident, saying that this makes you
>     "neuro-diverse" is incredibly insensitive and rude.
>
>     First of all, the term for people who differ from the norm in terms of
>     neurology are called "nero-divergent", not "neuro-diverse", and second
>     of all, your comparison of people who have conditions like autism or
>     learning disabilities to people who've been in an accident is so
>     offensive that I don't have the words for it.
>
>     Second of all, it's not enough that you make neuro-divergent people
>     uncomfortable at events, including my fiancée (who by the way has
>     Aspegers), but now you've decided to shame her, and shame me, and
>     every other person who has been born with a neurological disorder?
>
>     You should absolutely be ashamed of yourself. This is the exact type
>     of behavior that a code of conduct should in place to stop.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     - Serge Wroclawski
>
>
>
>
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