we take are asd son to lot of places but dont see many asd people out, is there a reason for this ???
How old is your ASD Son? If he is 11+ there is a good chance he already talks to other ASD children and may not even realize it on the internet.
Autistic people love the internet. It allows us to socialize at our pace and if people get on our nerves we can just exit the social circle at will without being followed.
The internet is liberating in such a way that any disabled person finally can be equal to others based on intelligent choices.
And in MMORPG games this form of liberation continues.
I personally played a game called World of Warcraft for 10+ years. I wasn't addicted to the game but the social element allowed me to feel equal to others. It gave me a purpose for my life because otherwise I would just be a unemployable disabled degenerate and allowed me to escape the norms of society.
Be pretty honest with you. My family hated it. They saw it as odd and repulsive. However I was really happy. My Dad tried numerous times to delete my account. He even gave away 2 of my previous computers to try and curb my habbit of online social games.
But the reality was my Dad didn't understand that the game has actually helped me be a interlectual confident person and without it I would still be cowering in my parents basement.
Now I am a IT Engineer who will soon be in full time employment.
we take are asd son to lot of places but dont see many asd people out, is there a reason for this ???
How old is your ASD Son? If he is 11+ there is a good chance he already talks to other ASD children and may not even realize it on the internet.
Autistic people love the internet. It allows us to socialize at our pace and if people get on our nerves we can just exit the social circle at will without being followed.
The internet is liberating in such a way that any disabled person finally can be equal to others based on intelligent choices.
And in MMORPG games this form of liberation continues.
I personally played a game called World of Warcraft for 10+ years. I wasn't addicted to the game but the social element allowed me to feel equal to others. It gave me a purpose for my life because otherwise I would just be a unemployable disabled degenerate and allowed me to escape the norms of society.
Be pretty honest with you. My family hated it. They saw it as odd and repulsive. However I was really happy. My Dad tried numerous times to delete my account. He even gave away 2 of my previous computers to try and curb my habbit of online social games.
But the reality was my Dad didn't understand that the game has actually helped me be a interlectual confident person and without it I would still be cowering in my parents basement.
Now I am a IT Engineer who will soon be in full time employment.
