Why Having Autism is OK

Many parents believe that having Autism is OK.Autism can teach us all.
Granted they may be biased. Many people in thePeople with Autism keep us honest. They keep us
world are realizing that people with Autism bring a newsensitive to the differences in the different types of
richness to the world. More and more everydaypeople in the world. Research has shown students
people are choosing to be friends and co-workers ofwith disabilities in regular classrooms lead to more
people with Autism.sensitive peers.
People with Autism have a different way of viewingThose peers also do as well if not better on testing
the world. It is not good or bad or better or worse. It isthan classes without students with disabilities. There is
just a different layer to the world. Sort of like an onionno reason to expect this not to be the same in
has layers. People can have layers and there can bechurches, businesses, and other places in the
layers of different types of people. And it is all good.community.
People with Autism are clearer in a lot of ways thatContinuing to believe that Autism or any other disability
the typical person. They do not have the guile that a lotis not OK can lead to the belief that other groups of
of people in the world have. As a matter of fact theypeople in society are not acceptable either. Hopefully
have to be taught social rules so they are not takenwe have gotten past that point.
advantage of. Some people believe people with