| For many people, even the mention of the word | | | | alot from. They only become autistic children when we |
| autism can send shutters down their spines. Go ahead | | | | compare certain aspects of their conscious, and |
| say the word to yourself for a moment. What images | | | | mentality with that of a perceived "normal child". On the |
| come to mind? Rainman, children rocking in the corner, | | | | other side of the coin, when comparing a high |
| or maybe students riding by on the dreaded "short | | | | functioning autistic child with a "normal child", the normal |
| bus". It is not your fault, up until recently autism has not | | | | child only contains a fraction of their intelligence. Does |
| gotten even close to the attention that it deserves. | | | | that make the "normal child" a slow child? On the |
| With around 1 out of every 170 children getting autism, | | | | comparative level the answer is yes, but because |
| it may be time to start sending out different images to | | | | "normal children" are the rule, rather than the exception, |
| the public. | | | | society somehow ignores this fact. |
| Autistic children are not some special breed of children | | | | Starting today, try to see autistic children as just |
| that need to be branded and shoved off in a corner | | | | children. Remove your comparisons to what the |
| somewhere. They are children, not autistic children, | | | | perceived "normal child" is. By removing the |
| they are just children. Autistic children like all children, | | | | comparisons from all things in life, you will be able to |
| are beautiful and happy beings that we could all learn | | | | see things as they truly are. |