Not all autistic people are high functioning. If you see children (as I do) being picked up from their autistic support class screaming and uncommunicative, your heart breaks for them. Thankfully my grandson is high functioning.
My neighbor's kid is autistic and it isn't pretty- she constantly screams and runs around stripping her clothes off-
Short bus is in her future forever
People "celebrating" the autism of autistic people have not spent time in their skin. Or lived in a household with them. They have many gifts, yes; they also have many challenges. That's true for everybody, of course, but it is especially true for people on the spectrum. They are brave souls.
The good news is nobody cares. Autistic people are celebrated. In fact many of the White Hats are autistics. So where's the problem?
Not all autistic people are high functioning. If you see children (as I do) being picked up from their autistic support class screaming and uncommunicative, your heart breaks for them. Thankfully my grandson is high functioning.
"In fact many of the White Hats are autistic"
Which ones?
My neighbor's kid is autistic and it isn't pretty- she constantly screams and runs around stripping her clothes off- Short bus is in her future forever
People "celebrating" the autism of autistic people have not spent time in their skin. Or lived in a household with them. They have many gifts, yes; they also have many challenges. That's true for everybody, of course, but it is especially true for people on the spectrum. They are brave souls.