When writing as good as this provides a diagnosis of an issue that I, my wife and 3 of our 4 children have sought to understand it’s a public service. Yes the 4th child - J -is Autistic, IQ in the 70’s. 6’5”, consistently angry, confused, friendless and jobless. When he was finally diagnosed aged 8, for a brief moment, we entertained the…
When writing as good as this provides a diagnosis of an issue that I, my wife and 3 of our 4 children have sought to understand it’s a public service. Yes the 4th child - J -is Autistic, IQ in the 70’s. 6’5”, consistently angry, confused, friendless and jobless. When he was finally diagnosed aged 8, for a brief moment, we entertained the thought that we could now manage, mitigate and deal with it more effectively. Some of that happened but of course it never made a real difference. J knew he was loved but it was at those who loved him who he directed his rage at the most. We sought special educational needs support (we are British and live in UK) but were informed sending J to a specialist school was ‘clearly and obviously a life style choice for a middle class family’. The neurodiversity movement (cult?) suits a minority of high functioning individuals to frame it in this manner. It only serves to harm and delay serious diagnosis of a growing problem. Those who promote such BS are not much different from those who consider it the result of vaccines. Thank you for calling it out. Thank you for the public service you are performing.
"We sought special educational needs support (we are British and live in UK) but were informed sending J to a specialist school was ‘clearly and obviously a life style choice for a middle class family’"
Who exactly said this and why did you apparently pay attention to, or have to pay attention to, them?
More widely, paying attention to malevolent idiots is in large part why Britain is a basket case of a multi-national state. We ought to pay less attention to malevolent idiots.
When writing as good as this provides a diagnosis of an issue that I, my wife and 3 of our 4 children have sought to understand it’s a public service. Yes the 4th child - J -is Autistic, IQ in the 70’s. 6’5”, consistently angry, confused, friendless and jobless. When he was finally diagnosed aged 8, for a brief moment, we entertained the thought that we could now manage, mitigate and deal with it more effectively. Some of that happened but of course it never made a real difference. J knew he was loved but it was at those who loved him who he directed his rage at the most. We sought special educational needs support (we are British and live in UK) but were informed sending J to a specialist school was ‘clearly and obviously a life style choice for a middle class family’. The neurodiversity movement (cult?) suits a minority of high functioning individuals to frame it in this manner. It only serves to harm and delay serious diagnosis of a growing problem. Those who promote such BS are not much different from those who consider it the result of vaccines. Thank you for calling it out. Thank you for the public service you are performing.
"We sought special educational needs support (we are British and live in UK) but were informed sending J to a specialist school was ‘clearly and obviously a life style choice for a middle class family’"
Who exactly said this and why did you apparently pay attention to, or have to pay attention to, them?
More widely, paying attention to malevolent idiots is in large part why Britain is a basket case of a multi-national state. We ought to pay less attention to malevolent idiots.