In what ways do you think autistic people should be treated

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In school ?What do you think?

Last edited by jenisautistic on 10 Jan 2015, 9:34 am, edited 2 times in total.

With respect.

Treated just like any other people, like equals.

As an equal like the rest of their peers.

Autistic people should be treated like any other person.

I'm talking about like services and programs

With kind and respect.


i don't know about the other one, with kind and respect? I don't understand the question. Do you mean like what treatments they should receive or what support thy should get?

Yes

Depends on the individual and their situation.

For some, they may require support/assistance etc all their lives.. so, if possible, that should be provided in the school system.

But for others, I think they should be treated like everyone else - with no special treatment whatsoever - because there is no special treatment at work & in life. People have to learn to get along with the rest of the world around them. We have to either sink or swim.. and being sheltered/coddled or babied in school won't do anyone any favours for when they grow up and have to join the real world of work & life. Toughing it out and learning to get along with the rest of the world as best as possible w/o any kind of special considerations or support definitely has it's advantages for those that are on the higher functioning end of the spectrum.

My school has a separate program for people with all types of disabilities - developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, and autism. I don't think this is a good thing, because it separates these people as being "the special needs kids" and creates a stigma. I think people with autism should be taught in a way that will help them achieve as much as they can, without separating them from everyone else.

You need to ask longer, more detailed questions if you expect more specific answers.

Who said anything about babying anyone, autism/aspergers is considered a disability, accommodations exist for disabilities like it or not. Perhaps they should get rid of handicap parking spaces and wheelchair ramps and such things to, those damn people who can't walk need to sink or swim right lol. I do not see how proper accommodations is coddling/babying...but whatever. Also I am on the higher functioning end and my toughing it out and learning to get along with the rest of the world with no support or considerations did not do me any good, I burnt myself out doing that I mean not litterally but in a way I feel like I overloaded my brain and broke something in there. A lot of it is the PTSD but a large part of it is me trying to 'tough it out' I fail to see how it had any advantages for me. Most of my life felt like that feeling you have when you're learning to swim and you can barely keep floating well one can only do it so long before exhaustion sets in. Stupid analogy but best I could think of.

Everyone else needs to be taught to tolerate differences and not gang up on someone and ostracize and bully them as a group...you wouldn't put a kitten in a tank of sharks would you?

There should be job training/placement.
But this should be the case for all disabled people.

Maybe healthcare, because the cost of all those doctor appointments and medications that many of us take cost a pretty penny until we hit our deductible.
The cost of our premiums are high too.

But there aren't aides/assistants/special accommodations in life nor most workplaces. If students are dependent on special treatment at school & then they graduate and head out into the real world.. how are they going to cope? Probably not very well.

IMO, those that can do w/o any special treatment at school should go without it in order to best prepare themselves for the real world of work and competition.

Hence the reason many people with disabilities cannot hold a job to sustain themselves...people are supposed to just transcend that with no effort on the part of society to perhaps meet in the middle, and that creates an obnoxious dis-balance. And do define 'the real world' ...also apparently having no support or acknowledgment of having a disability/struggles associated with a condition doesn't do a great job of preparing people to function in 'the real world' either. But I doubt this real world is a concrete stagnant thing that cannot be altered in any way over time to better fit the people within it.