Reply #50: I am so sick and tired of people who say

[Robyn66]

we need to teach our children to ACT RIGHT. When my daughter (with aspergers) was younger, I would say up until about 6th grade she was MORBIDLY AFRAID of the Grinch that Stole Christmas. I mean if she saw a picture, heard the song, or if someone said the word GRINCH she would scream, cry, runaway or have a horrific melt down if she couldn't get away from it. So taking her anywhere during the Holidays was a challenge. She has several triggers like that (some still at age 12) We got more than our share of snickers and odd looks and parents whispering to each other when we were trying to live a normal life by functioning in society. And she has had more than her share of Bullying! If it were within my abilities to teach her to ACT RIGHT I would but there are limits to what she is capable of, and people in this country have got to get that. Autistic people need some kind of protection under the law so that someday, when we are not there to protect them they aren't victimized by these people who don't understand that these people's brains do not work the same way as theirs do. In my opinion, in a lot of ways the Autistic/Aspi brain is superior to our sad little neuro typical brain but unfortunately there are more of us than them in the world.