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AUTISM AWARENESS 2009 what is your message?
AUTISM AWARENESS has to be "nothing about us without us" as the diagnostic criteria changes it may change the way we describe, think about, measure the autism spectrum disorders, so more than ever we all need to work together. ASD individuals are real people and it's about time the life and sanity of vulnerable people have long overdue support, allowed and recognized "We do have emotions, everyone does some of us just more misread than others!"- Ignorance can no longer be an excuse! (Alyson Bradley - www.asplanet.info)
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- gsmomLv 51 decade agoFavourite answer
I Have a son who is on the ASD. My message would be to see the ability in the disability the able in the disabled.
- 1 decade ago
NeuroTypical Doctors need to stop treating us as if we have a mental illness! Autism is NEUROLOGICAL! We are not stupid. We don't speak up, mainly because we don't want to sound stupid, but if I had an email for every arrogant doctor I have seen, they would know how I really feel about the way they treat their patients. Oh, and don't ask the question "so..are you going to have children" with a "oh no, I hope she doesn't" tone in your voice. I'm a damn good mother, and yes, maybe I did "pass on" A.S. to my daughter... it's not AIDS, it's Autism, and it does not have to be a bad thing. It's different, not evil.
Source(s): I have Aspergers Syndrome. www.americanaspergersassociation.net - 1 decade ago
My message is that ADULTS MATTER! Our mass media and health care profession should be ASHAMED for leaving those of us 18+ to fend for ourselves while they spend so much of their time funding and exposing autistic KIDS. I made that message very clear to the editor of my local newspaper and they *surprise* printed it. ADULT AUTISTICS, SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT!
Source(s): www.youtube.com/user/autisticaplanet
