The nasty side of autism debate...and yes there is a nasty side
that has nothing to do with the difference itself. It’s the debate at large
that is a powerful force of anger, debate, and divides people from all corners
of the world. People take aim at each other for cure, cause, and methods of
treatment. It’s an endless attack on each other and can get pretty dang
childish to the point of name calling and blasting each other over the internet
for all to see.
Here is
the problem aside from the clear banter people are throwing back and forth at
each other. I personally loose all
respect for people who are participating in this ridiculousness. I do
understand it’s defending a loved one with a belief a person feels strongly
about but there is still autism. Always has been and always will be.
There
are children in need of an education that suits autism and environments outside
of home they can engage in without full on sensory overload. There are
caregivers and educators in need of training and understanding. There are
unaware people who could use some understanding of the difference. There are
adults who have lived and are living with autism their whole life. Some of
those adults didn’t even know they had a form of autism until they were an
adult and faced some huge struggles in life trying to adjust for society. There
are doctors who are trying to understand and therapists who are working to do
the same. There are parents who are
caught in the middle of endless debate while trying to manage the difference at
home. They are desperately seeking
advice and support from other parents. Keep in mind parents have to seek
support from strangers they have never met and probably never will but I can
see from support groups this is an outlet most are grateful for.
Why are
people seeking strangers for support? Because they can’t find it anywhere else.
Why are autistic adults reaching out to help? Because they want to help the future
of autism to be understood. I assume they have faced a lifetime of being
misunderstood and want to ease life for others.
The
nasty side of autism is so negative there is no progress to be made. No matter
what an opinion is or how much people banter back and forth adults and children
still need resources to move forward with the difference. Argue about cause and
cure until you are blue in the face but if your argument ever ends, autism is
still waiting. Not waiting to hear how to be changed or what they could have
been but waiting society to create options and acceptance. Waiting to read or
hear the word autism and feel proud of the difference. Even if they are
nonverbal they want to feel good about who they are and what life has given them.
Autism should never be a negative word nor have such negative media attached to
it. It should be respected as every difference on earth because we all have
one, labeled or not.
Positive
interaction for a common cause…not negative interaction over something no one has
an answer to. That is comparable to two people with two opinions running full
speed into a brick wall. Both are going to get knocked right on their backside
wondering why they couldn’t knock the wall down. Autism is standing on the other
side and they didn’t even feel the impact.
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