Attempting to get an
autistic child to develop and learn through a greater and greater
emphasis on acquiring social skills is like trying to get a blind
person to develop and learn through a greater and greater emphasis on
gaining eyesight, the tragedy made all the more poignant by the
fact there are alternatives which serve everyone better. Attack
autism and it attacks you back. Embrace autism and it embraces you
back. Every parent, every advocate, every researcher who joins in the
battle against autism does his or her part in contributing to the
overall misery.
1 comment:
So what? You think that people with autism should be exempt from learning social skills and be allowed to behave how they choose and everyone should put up with it? Social skills are vital for people to get along with each other in society. Insisting that a group should be allowed to do whatever they want helps no one and is unfair to those who have to suffer as a result of the poor behaviour and violence that unrestrained autistic behaviour provides
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