Finally - an autism awareness group gets it!

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"Autism is not a disease, so there is no cure!"


THANK YOU!! !

What a little cutie!

Not sure why spend time having an Aspie line things up, we can do that without anybody around. She needs to be talking with somebody, unless that is part of the process of diagnosing.

Probably fine motor stuff.

Right on!

YES!

Finally an organization that emphasizes autism friendly environments as a way to manage autism!

Autism-friendly environments. Yes, I like it.

She migh not specificly be an aspie she may have more classic autism type ads and the lining up is like others have said likely fine motor

It almost looks like the girl was trying to levitate the pegs....

Pack your bags and move to Singapore

Yes, I am exaggerating, but its to make a point

She looks so determined

It's really interesting that a country whereby the majority of people think homosexuality is a mental illness and a culture that stigmatizes mental illness (in general, it's getting loads better), there is this kind of organization.


As opposed to in America where everyone wants to find a cure.

But seriously, I've worked with this organization (Singapore) and everyone is SUPER nice, and really cares about what I have to say.

People are so much more open-minded about autism here than they are anywhere else I've been. It's amazing.

There are cafés that exist to provide jobs for autistic people who wouldn't find them otherwise (google professor brawn cafe), special schools for both aspies (pathlight, which treats them like people who can accomplish anything and doesn't hold them back academically like most special schools do), and autistics, adult day programs, job finding workshops, etc. I'm amazed that they put their money where it is actually needed instead of just trying to appease their NT donor base and try to "cure" autism.

Might want to charge your battery

I have noticed this acceptance vs fear about autism happening in the places you least expect it. In Mississippi considered the most backwards state attitude wise, Donald Treplitt the first person ever diagnosed with Autism has lived a happy life and has been completely accepted
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc ... _page=true

"Still, it?s clear that Donald reached his potential thanks, in large part, to the world he occupied?the world of Forest, Mississippi?and how it decided to respond to the odd child in its midst. Peter Gerhardt speaks of the importance of any community?s ?acceptance? of those who have autism. In Forest, it appears, Donald was showered with acceptance, starting with the mother who defied experts to bring him back home, and continuing on to classmates from his childhood and golfing partners today. Donald?s neighbors not only shrug off his oddities, but openly admire his strengths?while taking a protective stance with any outsider whose intentions toward Donald may not have been sufficiently spelled out. On three occasions, while talking with townspeople who know Donald, we were advised, in strikingly similar language each time: ?If what you?re doing hurts Don, I know where to find you.? We took the point: in Forest, Donald is ?one of us.? "

Autism Speaks started in New York, Judge Rothberg Center Massachusetts arguably the two most "progressive" states in the US