People who have other disabilities are not defined by them because they have their own set of traits and behaviours, so I think we should look at autism in this context.
Autism is just one aspect of a person's personality and although presenting a serious challenge, doesn't mean people on the AS aren't as diverse and wonderful as anybody else.
You can be autistic with average academic ability or a brilliant scientist or mathematician or artist, etc., so it seems very unfair to put autistic people in a box and judge them on this basis.
Also, to harp back a bit to something I said on another post, we should never underestimate the potential of the human brain to learn and adapt, even in the face of great difficulties, and there are probably many examples of this, if one wished to research it.
People who have other disabilities are not defined by them because they have their own set of traits and behaviours, so I think we should look at autism in this context.
Autism is just one aspect of a person's personality and although presenting a serious challenge, doesn't mean people on the AS aren't as diverse and wonderful as anybody else.
You can be autistic with average academic ability or a brilliant scientist or mathematician or artist, etc., so it seems very unfair to put autistic people in a box and judge them on this basis.
Also, to harp back a bit to something I said on another post, we should never underestimate the potential of the human brain to learn and adapt, even in the face of great difficulties, and there are probably many examples of this, if one wished to research it.
