Aspies For Freedom

I find this piece to be demonizing autism:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-news_a...5797.story

Article is on several pages, so I wont paste it here.

As a person who don't really hate autism in itself, but rather see it as a part of my identity, my immediate response to demonizations like these are anger.

The autism these brothers have is a reality that they have to live with through their whole life. If you call autism a catastrophe you're basically saying that their lives will be a catastrophe.

*bump*

I found that refreshing.

I sure hope they keep that attitude. Because if the world thinks of them like the article thinks of them, they may end up with inferiority pounded into their heads; and that wouldn't be fair. I mean, fascinated with Egyptology at age 9? I'd call that precocious and amazing (and normal for an autistic), not something to be ashamed of like their mom seems to think. It's like she thinks of everything they do as a "symptom".

Good luck, kids; you're going to need it.