01-28-2008, 06:05 PM
The older I get, the more I learn. The perspective of Auties for Freedom (I Googled up the website) simply never occurred to me. As the parent of an autistic son, I know a little about autism. I can't imagine what Trevor would have become had we not gotten the treatments, therapies, and special education for him that we did, and still do.
The little that I know about autism is that it is a spectrum disorder, with some people "high functioning" and some people "low functioning". My son functions fairly high, compared with some of the other kids that I know and have seen in his classes. Even so, he will most likely never be able to live as an independant adult, never be able to care for his basic bodily hygiene without assistance, and he will never be able to speak more than the few monosyllables that he does. I could be wrong, a miracle might occur in Trevor's life. It's also possible new therapies may come along which might help.
I'm all for supporting funding for research into the causes of autism, and for treatments and therapies which will help autistic people live their lives more independantly. The video by Five for Fighting is a simple fund-raising mechanism. In our society, money is the key to helping autistic people, IMHO. Simple as that.
We may agree to disagree, bystander. No offense intended.
Aloha! ;-)
The little that I know about autism is that it is a spectrum disorder, with some people "high functioning" and some people "low functioning". My son functions fairly high, compared with some of the other kids that I know and have seen in his classes. Even so, he will most likely never be able to live as an independant adult, never be able to care for his basic bodily hygiene without assistance, and he will never be able to speak more than the few monosyllables that he does. I could be wrong, a miracle might occur in Trevor's life. It's also possible new therapies may come along which might help.
I'm all for supporting funding for research into the causes of autism, and for treatments and therapies which will help autistic people live their lives more independantly. The video by Five for Fighting is a simple fund-raising mechanism. In our society, money is the key to helping autistic people, IMHO. Simple as that.
We may agree to disagree, bystander. No offense intended.
Aloha! ;-)
Aloha! ;-)