I just read an article on the daily mail website about an autistic young man called Julius Lette who is an actor. His mother reports how it was suggested by two other mothers with autistic sons (on this website) that they each should find a prostitute for their sons to experience "the joy of sex" as she put it. She even drove around looking for one until she thought better of it!
It appears that this poor deluded woman, driven to despair when her son appeared to lose all confidence due to not being able to find a girlfriend, seemed to think that sex with a stranger would give him some confidence. I'm a female Aspie so I can't speak from a male viewpoint, but from what I've heard from Aspie men, I believe that most would only want to have sex with someone who loves them - how can having sex with someone who is paid to do it raise confidence? And would they not get attached to her and then be upset that the attachment was not reciprocal?
This is a very personal issue, and I don't feel that this woman had the right to either try to buy someone to have sex with her son or to write about it in a national newspaper - even if it is supposedly to raise awareness about autism and how disabled people have a need for sex and relationships too (being described as "disabled" makes my blood boil!)
If any autistic adults reading this have a view about this article I would be interested to hear what you think. Maybe parents of autistic young people might read your comments and gain more insight into how to better support their sons - and daughters too (funny how nobody worries if they are not having sex??)
