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March 25, 2008, 4:00 am PDT
Why does autism have to be seen, as a bad thing?
I know that I'm much more higher functioning, than that woman's son, and I don't have Down Syndrome, but why does autism have to be seen, as a fate that's worse than cancer. I'm not diseased, I'm disordered. It's as though parents can handle their kids having any other disability, but as soon as they hear the word, autism, they freak out, as though it's some sort of scary monster, that takes over the soul of their child and leaves them as an empty shell. I am not a shell. I'm a whole person. I experience good times and bad times, just as NTs do. I also have feelings, like everybody else. I also have a personality that's stronger than that, of most people. The thing that I love the most about myself, is the fact that I'm obsessed with London, London's Routemaster double-decker buses, and that I've also spoken with a Cockney accent, my whole entire life, even though I was born and raised in Canada. I also love how I can breeze through life being a soft-core Punker and allow myself to love my version of the 1970s, without worring or caring about what the so-called "normal" people in my town, think about me. My friends call me Sid, from Flushed Away, because I'm exactly like the cute character in my avatar. The fact that I have to wear Depend's, due to a soiling problem, is the least of my concerns. I have more important things to worry about, like how I'm going to make money, if I have that physical problem, which keeps me from working. I also know that I'm smart enough, to work that out and find an answer to that question.
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