Lol, this is definitively wrong and loaded with stigma. Like, I’m only engaging with you now for blog content because this is bog standard autism speaks stigma shit. It’s a clear hatred and misrepresentation of who “autistic” people actually are - and again, I have worked with severely autistic people, they struggle communicating but also can usually understand communication themselves - they aren’t mongoloids like how you are presenting them over and over here. And again there are literally millions and millions of people in between that extreme and people like me, and then the people like you making everyone think they’re all non-communicative.
again, for like the fiftieth time - I am not against therapy. I promote therapy. I have in my posts, I’ve said myself I go to therapy for that. I am against the idea, again, for the fiftieth time, that I am pushing back in the context of this entire thread, against the idea that autism is something that always should be cured. Can you just acknowledge that that’s my point? therapy has nothing to do with this. you’re either projecting your own personal issues onto this conversation given the fact you keep arguing against points I’m not making, or you are delusional/crazy, or just outright trolling. Again at this point I’m only responding to highlight elsewhere how ignorant and terrible people like you are.
Just say the quiet parts out loud. you resent your kid and you hate autistic people. again, it oozes out of your posting here. I’d be ashamed to make such thoughts public, personally.
Go learn how to read. Therapy isn't curing people and you from previous comments know that. You can't quote me saying what you want so now you resort to a strawman and "Well you are just being pedantic". No, it's not fucking pedantry, it's what I'm saying that you can't understand because you can't admit to being wrong.
> Yes. I have. Including a relative of mine, and including a person I have coached.
There, you do not understand the autism spectrum if you think you've had a conversation with someone with severe autism. You haven't because DEFINITIONALLY people with severe autism cannot communicate. You have had conversations with people that have mild or moderate autism. Because, definitionally, those are the only people capable of having that conversation. Unless you are pitching facilitated communication bullshit, which is extremely toxic.
The thrust of my argument is clear, therapy is essential and sometimes required even when the individual receiving it does not want it. I gave clear examples, but you run away from those because you don't want to admit to strawmaning what I'm saying or advocating. It further flies in the face of what I know you advocate. So bury your head in the sand and pretend like there aren't severe consequences if you don't force a kid to brush their teeth or do food therapy.