Neurologist:"1 in 68 children in this country are diagnosed with a form of autism. But if you can put aside for a moment what your pediatrician and all the other N-t's have said about your son…"
"Neuro-typicals; the rest of us. What if we're wrong? What if we've been using the wrong tests to quantify intelligence in children with autism? Your son's not less-than. He's different. Now, your expectations for your son may change over time, they might include marriage, children, self-sufficiency. They might not."
Autistic Boy's Father:"'N-ts'?""
[…]:"But I guarantee you, if we let the world set expectations for our children, they'll start low, and they'll stay there. and; just maybe; He doesn't understand how to tell us; …or, we haven't yet learned how to listen."
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