Is there hope for neurotypicals (aka "normals)?
This is a post I borrowed from the AutismConnect website, dated 1/20/2005. I find it quite informative and refreshing.
The neuro-typical condition is a lifelong condition just like the autistic condition. Neuro-typical people don't often want to be cured, though it seems many of them find the condition quite hard to cope with it. Also, it is generally agreed that neuro-typicals do many things better than most - especially as they are the most.
But even if it were not so I think they should be accepted as a human variety, and I find it intolerant to complain about their low standards when it comes to memory, perseverance and analytical ability. Their pursuit of happiness instead of knowledge, and emotions instead of insight can be quite amusing for an afternoon or two - and they are fabulous taxi drivers.
The main problem of course is their relentless social addiction which they try very hard to force on the rest of humanity.
Hopefully we can teach them in some degree to limit their obsessive socializing to lunch- and coffee breaks at work and to their homes and carefully selected meeting places in their spare time.
But even though we will probably never be very successful teaching them autistic tricks they are still needed for the many professions for which they - despite all their deficiencies - are suitably competent.
Post on AutismConnect Website.
The neuro-typical condition is a lifelong condition just like the autistic condition. Neuro-typical people don't often want to be cured, though it seems many of them find the condition quite hard to cope with it. Also, it is generally agreed that neuro-typicals do many things better than most - especially as they are the most.
But even if it were not so I think they should be accepted as a human variety, and I find it intolerant to complain about their low standards when it comes to memory, perseverance and analytical ability. Their pursuit of happiness instead of knowledge, and emotions instead of insight can be quite amusing for an afternoon or two - and they are fabulous taxi drivers.
The main problem of course is their relentless social addiction which they try very hard to force on the rest of humanity.
Hopefully we can teach them in some degree to limit their obsessive socializing to lunch- and coffee breaks at work and to their homes and carefully selected meeting places in their spare time.
But even though we will probably never be very successful teaching them autistic tricks they are still needed for the many professions for which they - despite all their deficiencies - are suitably competent.
Post on AutismConnect Website.
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