Happy flash blog day!!! Many of my fellow spectrumites are
participating in a flash blog today. We are to complete the sentence - Autistic
people should…
Here is my sentence, a love note to society.
Autistic people should be seen as valuable, viable, and resourceful
members of society.
We live in a society that gives little value to those who
are socially, physically or emotionally different. There are too many instances
where tolerance is used to fill in the gaps for political correctness. To be
tolerated is an insult. We deserve better than that. Autistics did not raise
their hands and say, “oh, please, let me to be in society.”
Autistics
have always been part of society.
Autistics
have the same rights and should receive the same respect as any other member of
society. That is a given to ALL.
Autistics
do not deserve to be alienated, cast aside, ignored, bullied or banished.
Autistics
are…
Artful, inquisitive and
gifted
Unusual
and outside of the box thinkers
Treasured
Individuals
first and foremost
Simply wonderful
Trustworthy
Imaginative
Capable
Survivors of
insurmountable odds
Autistics
are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children, family members and friends.
Autistics
are part of all walks of life, religion, race, color and creed. We have the
desire to love and be loved; to understand and to be understood.
Compassion breads understanding.
Acceptance is long overdue.
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