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Adult Aspergers, why the focus only on those with learning disabilities

DaisyGirl

I have noticed that almost all services for adults with autism/Asperger's is tailored only for those with learning disabilities. In fact it seems that in many ways the knowledge of autism is almost all about people with additional learning disabilities. Why is this?

Almost always when adults with autism are on the TV they also have learning disabilities? All the support is about learning disabilities. It is as if so called experts do not actually know what autism is, and that people can be very badly affected by their autism but also highly intelligent. All the literature points out that people with autism can be highly intelligent but suffer a great deal due to their autism but this is not being reflected in the way autism is being portrayed or in the support available.

I feel like this is getting worse. How can we change this?

Parents

  • The other side of the coin lies with attitudes within the autism community, copied by health professionals.

    If you've got a job you cannot have autism (so does it mean anything at all to claim only 15% of people with autism are in full time employment?).

    And in much the same way if you don't have a learning disability you don't have autism.

    So you ignore all the able people on the spectrum insisting they are irrelevant even when (perish the thought) scientists might learn something observing how the able group copes in the world.

    And where is NAS on this ? - sides with the "if you are in a job you cannot have autism" camp for the most part

    So those of us managing have never suffered....apparently.

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  • The other side of the coin lies with attitudes within the autism community, copied by health professionals.

    If you've got a job you cannot have autism (so does it mean anything at all to claim only 15% of people with autism are in full time employment?).

    And in much the same way if you don't have a learning disability you don't have autism.

    So you ignore all the able people on the spectrum insisting they are irrelevant even when (perish the thought) scientists might learn something observing how the able group copes in the world.

    And where is NAS on this ? - sides with the "if you are in a job you cannot have autism" camp for the most part

    So those of us managing have never suffered....apparently.

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