Question About Oppression of Autistic Individuals

by pat on Dec 27, 2011 at 1:26 PM Filed in autism questions

Hi im a Los Gatos high school student and im doing a research paper on the oppression of Autistic people. Part of my research paper includes an interview with an organization that is helping Autistic people. I was wondering if you would take the time to answer the following questions for me,

1. Do you have any statistics of how many children are affected by this disablitly?
2. Do you find that the disbility is getting better/made progress with special schooling and therapy?
3. Do you feel that the Autistic people are oppressed becasue they are misunderstood or feared?
4. Do you have any uplifting stories that i could share with my class?
5. Do you have any information that i could share with my school on how to help autistic people live a more productive and engaging life?

I really appreciate your time and input and look foward to your reply.

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Comments

12/27/2011 2:39:41 PM

Currently, the Centers for Disease Controls estimates that 1 in 110 children have autism. There are some therapies that have proven to be very helpful, such as ABA therapy. It has more of a chance of success if the therapy begins when the child is under 5.

I think many autistic people are feared, ridiculed, and bullied unfairly. Often people with autism have difficulty reading social cues and with understanding that some phrases are not meant to be interpreted literally, as well as many other problems.

You've picked a great subject to write about.

Pat