hi everyone our boy is about to be diagnosed with asd and my wife is pregnant i don't know how possible is the next child to be autistic,and can we determined the presence if the chance is big.we are panicking because she is 20 weeks now.
hi everyone our boy is about to be diagnosed with asd and my wife is pregnant i don't know how possible is the next child to be autistic,and can we determined the presence if the chance is big.we are panicking because she is 20 weeks now.
Yes, certainly better support services and attitudes would go far in improving our lives considerably, and I advocate for this all the time. The campaigning for support side is all part of the Social model approach, which has made fantastic inroads in terms of debunking traditional disabilist attitudes: the individual is in the wrong, they need to be fixed, society is not the problem.
However, even if society were more accepting and we had more support, many individuals with Asperger's would still experience pain (mental and physical) as a result of their condition. There is a danger that the Social model could go too far, and we forget that Asperger's is a brain based condition, with real physical differences in perception. In short, whatever society we have, many people with Asperger's will get frustrated that they cannot do the things they want to do because of their condition: make friends, be flexible, not be so nervous and easily startled.
Now, of course, every person with Asperger's is different, and none of us face precisely the same challenges. And this is why two camps have arisen: those who advocate pride in their condition and a strong aversion to any talk of cure; and those who see only negatives in the condition, but would still like more support and understanding. A related difference of view is the person first versus condition first rhetoric: 'I am a person with Asperger's', or 'I have Asperger's, versus 'I'm an autistic/an aspie'. Therefore, my hopes that Science will find a cure for this disabling condition may well be at odds with another person with Asperger's view that there is no need for a cure.
I guess we need to accept we will never agree over whether Asperger's is a good thing. But at least we can agree that we all would benefit from a more accepting society, and this is what most of us are fighting for 
Yes, certainly better support services and attitudes would go far in improving our lives considerably, and I advocate for this all the time. The campaigning for support side is all part of the Social model approach, which has made fantastic inroads in terms of debunking traditional disabilist attitudes: the individual is in the wrong, they need to be fixed, society is not the problem.
However, even if society were more accepting and we had more support, many individuals with Asperger's would still experience pain (mental and physical) as a result of their condition. There is a danger that the Social model could go too far, and we forget that Asperger's is a brain based condition, with real physical differences in perception. In short, whatever society we have, many people with Asperger's will get frustrated that they cannot do the things they want to do because of their condition: make friends, be flexible, not be so nervous and easily startled.
Now, of course, every person with Asperger's is different, and none of us face precisely the same challenges. And this is why two camps have arisen: those who advocate pride in their condition and a strong aversion to any talk of cure; and those who see only negatives in the condition, but would still like more support and understanding. A related difference of view is the person first versus condition first rhetoric: 'I am a person with Asperger's', or 'I have Asperger's, versus 'I'm an autistic/an aspie'. Therefore, my hopes that Science will find a cure for this disabling condition may well be at odds with another person with Asperger's view that there is no need for a cure.
I guess we need to accept we will never agree over whether Asperger's is a good thing. But at least we can agree that we all would benefit from a more accepting society, and this is what most of us are fighting for
