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December 1, 2014
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In the movie, Steel Magnolias, Shelby, following a reaction to an excess of insulin, struggles to blurt out the sentence, “Don’t talk about me like I’m not here!”
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Autism Speaks controversial video, “Autism Every Day” features a scene where a mother briefly discusses committing suicide in her car with her autistic daughter. The girl is seen playing in the background as she says this.
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It would seem impolite to talk about someone when they are standing within earshot, yet autistics experience this behavior on a regular basis.
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In today’s world, a quick assessment of a person’s intelligence is often made on the basis of social skills.
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Failure to respond in a “typical” way is equated with a failure to understand.
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Autistics at every level of the spectrum can understand. Some with exceptionally high I.Q.s may understand a situation better than the person who is speaking to them.
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They, simply, do not know how to respond.
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A condition such as selective mutism, or apraxia of speech might be behind this failure to respond. A person with Asperger’s syndrome might be able to respond, but is reluctant to do so due to past social failures.
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Non-verbal autistics who communicate with keyboards will report understanding what was being said around them, including being called “damaged” or a “burden.”
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Many in the autistic community would call this a form of discrimination.
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Read in Full:
http://www.examiner.com/article/autistic-person-the-room?cid=rss