DS has mild asd, i can accept it and say it. I know perfectly well that asd represent the broader view /image of autism.
So when i get relatives saying to me "your ds isn't autistic,... do you know what an autistic child looks and acts like!"
i simply cannot bring myself to take the bull by the horn and say "actually i do, probably more so than you! And yes ds is autistic, mildly autistic if you prefer to hear that"
Instead i let them believe that asd is sort of a separate thing to autism.
I appreciate their idea of autistic is probably that of a child with severe autism.
if you compare ds to a severely autistic child then yes they will be so different in some ways , but they will have the same core issues and impairments but at very different levels.
Now i'm seriously rambling...
I just don't know what to say when i hear that mild asd isn't autism!
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easier to say about ds he has asd then saying he's autistic
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mysonben · 08/09/2009 19:09
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