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my sons autistic - oh, like rainman?

shopgirl

im getting so fed up of certain people thinking my sons not autistic or autistic enough. 

its like his teachers have had experience of one other asd child who was more extreme than my son and its like they think nothings wrong with him because he cant have autsim as hes not like the other child.

and fmaily who think they know what autism is as their friends neighbours dog has it. 

how do you tactfully tell these people its not like that and to stop uderestimating the situation?

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  • This happens to me all the time, and it can be  very upsetting. You could say that autism is a huge spectrum that affects each person in very different ways. Once you have met one person with autism you have met one person with autism, a circular argument of course, and completely true.

    You could say that savantism in autism is very rare, and  every person with autism has different strengths and weaknesses, nothing should ever be assumed.

    Maybe give your friends some simple literature to read, such as an NAS leaflet or short booklet.

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  • This happens to me all the time, and it can be  very upsetting. You could say that autism is a huge spectrum that affects each person in very different ways. Once you have met one person with autism you have met one person with autism, a circular argument of course, and completely true.

    You could say that savantism in autism is very rare, and  every person with autism has different strengths and weaknesses, nothing should ever be assumed.

    Maybe give your friends some simple literature to read, such as an NAS leaflet or short booklet.

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