Jul 02 2008
If it is different does that mean it is wrong?
Approaching such a topic as controversial as autism is commendable. Because autism is just coming to the forefront of health issues, due in part to the rising number of those being diagnosed with autism, much has yet to be researched as to cause and in the area of appropriate treatments. There is a growing community of parents who communicate on discussion boards. Where issues are tackled, symptoms compared, and controversial and experimental treatments and possible causes are discussed. The true problem is the lack of conclusive studies that cover all of the what if’s and could be’s. When there are factors that coincide with the experiences of others, it is easy to conclude that this or that was the cause. On the other hand, with no conclusive studies to dispute the this or that of those conclusions, and on a disorder that affects such young children with many varying factors, how do we conclude if the cause is vaccinations. Of course, we are all individuals. Our bodies uniquely constructed to include the DNA of our family tree. Our minds all our own and with no way of showing how we are individually wired. The way an individual experiences different stimulus and development is achieved. How can one conclusion or the other be complete?
If there is really such a vast difference in individuality, the way one is skinny, and another develops altiehmers, who can really say what the true causes are?
Can we not come together, see each other as individuals with out judgments, and try to relate to those who can?
I am a 30 year old with autism. I am just me. There are people with blonde hair, people who like to fish and people who cannot see every side of a subject because they are so involved in the aspects that just affect them.
I am just autistic. I am a person, unique in all the world like you, and like you I would love to take a definitive side, have my personal experience be the one true experience that all could learn from.
When mine is different from yours, it is only a statement of individuality, and we are all at least equal on that one topic.
With and that knowledge can be as individual as the person that first experienced it. However, those experiences can benefit others in much the same boat, and who have not gained that knowledge yet.
If it is helpful, even if unconventional, unpracticed, inadequately studied: Who is to say the right or wrong for those who share a common ground to seek out answers from those who have been there before?
What is wrong with being different?
What is wrong with being different?
In truth? Nothing. We just happen to live in a very screwed up world where diversity is scary and isn’t much tolerated. It’s not you, it’s the world you live in that is the problem. I suppose that the powers that be need to have a line - what is acceptable and not. But that can be complicated. So the solution seems to be just make everyone the same so we don’t have to tackle the complexities of what’s right and wrong. Except that when looking at something like autism, it’s not a choice that’s made, so it shouldn’t really come into the discussion at all. I’m rambling now. Short answer - I agree with you.