Published on 12, July, 2020
”What if we are not odd, but Aspergers is the next step in evolution for humans?”
We are no less loving or empathetic than other humans. As someone once said, we perhaps feel too much.
So perhaps we evolutionary firsts!
What I suppose I am trying to say is:
”By failing to diagnose ASD at a younger age and by failing to provide adequate and enhanced support. Mankind is wasting the talents of those with ASD. Therefore society is poorer for it.”
This is very true and support and services will be much more effective and beneficial during childhood rather than with middle aged adults who could be further hindered by having a bad childhood as a result of undiagnosed ASD.
I think that Lorna Wing did a disservice to children with AS of the 1980s and early 1990s by failing to publicise AS in a place where teachers and parents could find out about it.