And just exactly what is a driver expected to do,
or expected to expect the autistic child to do?
They auto-attract to autos, and then auto-explode?
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Today’s Governmint School damaged drivers
likely don’t even know what the word means.
Speed limit 20 when children are present
I really don't know what to do. What if there's one hiding behind a bush. How close to the sign do they have to be before they're present?
They auto-attract to autos, and then auto-explode?
They don't necessarily react to cars in the same way that other children do. If a child is standing in the road and sees a car coming, his natural reaction is to get out of the way. An autistic child might see the car, but assign it no more importance that the sound of a dog barking in the neighborhood or the fact that the wind is blowing. That child may or may not react to the car.
This is all because autism (real autism, not the catch-all diagnosis that some lazy doctors will apply to children that are merely high-spirited) is a defect in how the brain filters incoming sensory data. Normally, the brain prioritizes the data. We sense a great deal more than we're capable of dealing with, so the brain only passes along what's important; like the approaching car. In an autistic brain, the data all comes in without any weighting. Thus the car is no more important that any other bit of sensory data.