Your daughter must have a mild form then. It is indeed a disadvantage to be unable to see things like social cues.
Sure, genetic deletions do exist in autism, but are they the cause, the symptom or both ? Something has changed in the last 20 years that has resulted in an increase in autism. No one really knows for sure what that is.
Better diagnosis ~
Better diagnosis ~
My daughter is 19 years old and is presently in a school that specializes with children and young adults with Autism. She will be in that school until she is 21. Don’t know if I consider that mild, but maybe you do. In a world that is socially so messed up, is it a disadvantage to not be able to pick up on “social cues”? I have witnessed my daughter and her Autistic friends in an academic environment as well as social environment, some being in our home for parties. They are laughing and understanding each other, most of all they are comfortable and very happy young adults. Totally unaware of social cues that make most people of their age in present day society anxiety ridden. I find my daughter’s inability to be an asset.
My daughter was seen by a pioneer genetic physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He told me that these deletions or multiplications are there in the embryonic stage by the division of the 8th cell. That makes me think, what could all the mothers’ be exposed to that has cause this, or is simply evolution. If nature has decided that the world needs to be fixed and this is the way to do it, why is that so “horrible”? We need to change not them.