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31 Dec 2018, 9:41 am

Is it wrong for someone to determine the future of a child with autism?



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31 Dec 2018, 9:53 am

It's wrong to set limits based on a child's present condition and wrong not to get them the help they deserve. It would be wrong to say somebody will never do something.



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31 Dec 2018, 9:55 am

Obviously, it's wrong.

Would you want somebody to "determine" your future?

Come on, folks.....think!! !!



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10 Jan 2019, 10:57 pm

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10 Jan 2019, 11:40 pm

I'm dating a nurse on the spectrum. Being autistic is not a death sentence.



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11 Jan 2019, 1:36 am

It's very wrong to determine the future of an autistic child. My dad tried to determine a bleak future for me when I was 15. He regretted it. He had no idea that it would possess me to become a hippie.


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14 Jan 2019, 8:28 pm

A person with autism has just as much right to self-determination as anyone else.

Getting help for a child to make life easier for them to manage, teaching coping skills and assisting them to recognize their gifts and reach their full potential is great. People with autism can be profoundly gifted. It isn't only a disability.

Predetermining their future for them... not so great.


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14 Jan 2019, 8:42 pm

Yes. Yes it is.


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14 Jan 2019, 9:10 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Obviously, it's wrong.

Would you want somebody to "determine" your future?

Come on, folks.....think!! ! !

And yet, that's precisely what parents of young children do all the time, regardless of whether the child is diagnosed with anything.

When a child is born, the parents are responsible for all decisions for that child. The child gradually becomes responsible for his or her own decisions as the child grows up, until eventually he or she is solely responsible for his or her own decisions as an adult.

While one would really hope that, when parents make decisions about the future of their children, they don't place undue limits on their children, parents should also take into account who their child is when making those decisions, including but very definitely not limited to any difficulties that the child may have.

These decisions should try to help the child to be all that he or she can be.


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14 Jan 2019, 9:52 pm

SplendidSnail wrote:
And yet, that's precisely what parents of young children do all the time, regardless of whether the child is diagnosed with anything.

When a child is born, the parents are responsible for all decisions for that child. The child gradually becomes responsible for his or her own decisions as the child grows up, until eventually he or she is solely responsible for his or her own decisions as an adult.

While one would really hope that, when parents make decisions about the future of their children, they don't place undue limits on their children, parents should also take into account who their child is when making those decisions, including but very definitely not limited to any difficulties that the child may have.

These decisions should try to help the child to be all that he or she can be.


Yes, exactly!