Why I call my son autistic and not with autism ---part 2

Why I call my son autistic and not with autism ---part 2

Depends on whether you think the word is negative or an asset.  I consider that lovely little guy is autistic and not "with autism", because I feel it is his super power, it makes him different and stand out and I am very proud of my son and his abilities and they come from him being my adorable, blond, blue eyed, funny very intelligent, autistic Edward. :-). All describing words, all positive words.

Would you call an Olympic pole jumper, inability to be an Olympic heavy weight weight lifter and start saying " person with Olympic pole jumping disorder"?

Names will always be around while language exists in this society, cleft palate children used to be considered slow, left handers used to be considered the devils hand maidens, children used to be seen and not heard, but society changed as it must.  I have faith in society that they can also make the evolutionary leap in believing autistic people are valued members of society, just like artists, doctors, computer programmers, left handers, deaf people......................

People on the spectrum have emotions - News Alert!!!!

Oh my god they are just working this out now? Our kids have tons of empathy they just don't know how to respond to it, they need to learn the socially acceptable way to do that which is a social mine field of danger when they get it wrong.

Sometimes emotion can be so strong I can't look at people and can't talk to them, those cases for me are extremely rare and very short (worst i think was 30 mins in my mid thirties but it helps we with insight about more severe ASD.)

http://seventhvoice.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/new-study-finds-that-individuals-with-aspergers-syndrome-dont-lack-empathy-in-fact-if-anything-they-empathize-too-much/

Oh PS our kids are no aliens, they have higher anxiety levels, and you would too if you could not find the right words to convey your thoughts and feelings and everyone miss understood you.