Autism Need Not be Bad News
Parents rightly dread learning that a child is autistic, because we all look forward to normal lives for our offspring and dear ones.
However, autism does not necessarily mean that a child is retarded, or that he or she cannot grow up in to a productive member of society: on the contrary, am autistic child may have exceptional mental faculties along a plane that others do not have in the same degree. Intelligence, in any case, needs non-standard measures for autistic children.
The cause of autism is not known for certain. It may be genetic or environmentally induced. Parents with such special children can look forward to raising them in joy even as scientists try and figure out the underlying cause for this distressing condition. We have to make searching efforts to find the special abilities and talents of autistic children, and help them and their families to live well with the condition.
Leave a post here if you would like help with a specific case.
However, autism does not necessarily mean that a child is retarded, or that he or she cannot grow up in to a productive member of society: on the contrary, am autistic child may have exceptional mental faculties along a plane that others do not have in the same degree. Intelligence, in any case, needs non-standard measures for autistic children.
The cause of autism is not known for certain. It may be genetic or environmentally induced. Parents with such special children can look forward to raising them in joy even as scientists try and figure out the underlying cause for this distressing condition. We have to make searching efforts to find the special abilities and talents of autistic children, and help them and their families to live well with the condition.
Leave a post here if you would like help with a specific case.
posted by Dr. S. Banerji | 3:49 AM
1 Comments:
Wow.
You know, any time a parent and child must enter the world of being "differently-abled," it's a challenge. But is autism the only disability that you think the child brings joy? Really?
Is an intellectual disability (the politically correct current term for mental retardation) "bad news"?
None of it - asperger's, "high functioning autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, deafness, whatever - is not GOOD news.
I appreciate your attempt to put a positive spin on things and offer help, but I honestly take umbrage to the stratification and segregation of ability you present.
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