Hello,
This is my first time starting a thread and I'm nervous. I was diagnosed with being on the spectrum of autism. It wasn't a surprise, I felt I was for years and years and only got diagnosed 5 years ago at the age of 32,am 38 now. My daughter has also being diagnosed as being on the spectrum also and gets so much help in school and in her therapies. It got me thinking as to how, when I was growing up, it was so difficult as I had no access to support and hense found life very difficult. So I often think of my generation now who can be very ignorant of autism and I don't think they realise it. I work for a large company and if anyone is nervy, quiet, unfriendly (due to social anxiety, a comorbidity of asd) I often hear people openly laughing and saying he must be on the spectrum somewhere and they sneer at people. Now, sorry after that long winded intro I would like to ask this question. Do You think there will be a time where a person..with HFA who looks normal, intelligent, able to hide any stims, able to look at you and make eye contact But is unable to ask you questions, refuses all invitations to social things, who can be very anxious of even the smallest things, they shut Down and freeze sometimes unable to function as they r overwhelmed. Do u see a time where people will accept them like they do for more obvious autistic people. Do you see people with hfa being able and expected to share that they have asd and that people might just take it as the norm and think nothing of it. Do u think they will b supportive with helping that person with social skills,understanding they may need things broken down for them, even basic things as what time ur lunch is(not because they are not intelligent but because social things are difficult for them to understand) and will people be pleased to help out. Do u think it will be very normal soon???
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Can HFA autism be accepted as normal part of society?
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mortforya · 18/05/2020 23:17
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