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Originally Posted by leejosepho
As I suspect you already understand well, there is no such thing as a treatment for autism. So, this is actually more like not being willing to stand silently at the side while someone such as Helen Keller might needlessly suffer simply because she could neither see nor hear. My own blindness and deafness presented as inabilities in the areas of social and emotional intelligence, and today I am grateful for the many efforts made by others to help me begin to learn, understand, improvise, adapt and adjust in those particular areas without ever viewing my symptoms as defects of character such as had been driving me to drink my way to the grave.
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Yeah, I totally understand. I don't view these things as defects in my family. I view them as behaviours that make their life harder for them. And they are behaviours that have "work around" solutions. It's not a cure, it's a modification. And the modification primarily benefits them. But the modification also benefits me, as I really don't like watching anyone live their life in the hardest way possible. I think the autism diagnosis comes in when there are SO MANY of these odd behaviours it ends up being classified into an illness or disorder. If there's only ONE odd behaviour, it merely makes the person quirky but mostly normal. I'm happy you know the difference and have people willing to help you make your life better.