My wife is a special ed teacher. She would tell me about the problems involving some of the autistic kiids but I never paid much attention until I went and had lunch with her at the school and met some of the kids, it was an eye opener to me.
I’m being slightly facetious here. I’ve read a lot about autism and the so-called autism-spectrum disorders and for people who are rendered completely non-functional my sympathies go out. However, I’m troubled by the definitions of autism-spectrum disorders which seem to effectively categorize geekdom or other socialization variants as a disease. Some kids aren’t going to be able to catch a ball very well or fit in with the crowd. Others are going to be introverts. Some are going to talk funny or have odd interests. These are natural variants of the human species and not disorders to be treated. But some of parents can’t stand the fact that their kid is “different” and need to have the medical community label them as “diseased” in order to deal with the fact or just because they want a lazy explanation.
Do not confuse being a geek with being REALLY autistic. They are VERY DIFFERENT. Learn about the disorder called autism first ( I suggest you start by actually talk to loving parents with autistic children) before making this statement
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These kinds of threads about Autism are disappointing.
It gives the Kook Fringe posters an opportunity to show their ass and lack of intelligence about Autism.
Autistic kids are easy prey for vicious folks ignorant of what Autism is all about.