On the one hand, I’m autistic and I wish that there was better understanding while I was growing up.
On the other hand, I can’t help but be concerned that this is going to be SO politically correct and do way more harm than good.
you know the best show ever for understanding kids that are different mentally and socially is "The Middle"....they featured "Brick" a socially awkward, physically different kid and its so funny yet touching and revealing...it shows him with his other "outcasts"..the boy who speaks very loud, the boy who meows like a cat, the boy who obsesses with his white socks....
I agree with you it is really hard to explain autism to youngsters and the issues the youngsters have vary greatly child to child.
How old are you? And was your autism self-diagnosed or diagnosed by a doctor?
As of 10-15 years ago, autism began to be overdiagnosed.
It became an excuse for bratty behavior from children raised by permissive parents. When these aforementioned brats began having children, the behavior mutated into the SJWs we ridicule today.
I say this as a parent whose child was “medically” diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. He exhibited these supposed markers when I realized he was not spending enough time with peers and was therefore socially retarded. He also played (and still plays) too many video games.
He is now 26 and fairly well adjusted, enough to hold down an extremely well paying mechanical engineering job.