Ein neunjähriger Junge, der kommuniziert, indem er auf einer Tastatur tippt, wurde auf eine Autismus-Veranstaltung eingeladen und beantwortete Fragen des Plenums. Dieses Video seiner Antworten muss man sich ansehen (Musik einfach überhören):



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"Normal people don't trouble me, but people who wished that I was normal - that is people who see me as only a broken normal person rather than as an intact autistic person - do hurt me."

Describe one or two things that people can do to help you.
"They can have utter respect for diversity, and they can understand that diversity leads a tattered life when not wedded to tolerance."

Do you think it would be a good thing if researchers found a cure for autism and Asperger's?
"The road to Hades is paved with good intentions."

Would you want to be cured?
"I would rather be cured of bigotry before being cured of autism."

"It is my profound opinion that those who desire to divide us into "high" versus "low functioning" autistics deliver a great disservice to our common quest for true equality."

Via Autism Diva