Please stop writing off ASD kid's skills

Please stop writing off ASD kid's skills -

My son uses what he knows in context, "splinter skills" aren't just novel they are the key to helping our kids with the things they find harder. If we gave the other kids a chance I would say more people would notice more Jacob Barnett's, more Rylan's, more Dr Temple Grandin's, more Carly Fleischman's, more Edward Warburton's, more Michael Weinstein's, more Jake Wilman's, more Dillian Barmache's, more Dr. Stephen Shore's, more Henry's (writer of rosesareredforautism.WordPress.com

), more Chris Varney's, more Daniel Tammet's, more Dr John Hall's than you would have ever dreamed of.

Maybe I am a little bit more optimistic because "the one made earlier", his dad also was a brilliant speller and reader, was a little slow at picking up speech (was around 3 when he started being fluent) and when he did now sounds like he was born from upper class england. Used to love spinning, had pica (and still does a bit), loved maths, his mother had a terrible time getting him to sleep through the night. She was a little concerned and was thinking about seeing a specialist. He was picked on at school and would stay in his room most of the time, when younger she used a child lead because he would run. She just thought he was bright cookie. And now he has a degree in Engineering, a masters in Computer Engineering and a post grad in computer Engineering. I don't see why his son who is partially verbal should not have a similar outcome. .........maybe I am being too positive or overly ambitious but you know what it sure as hell beats saying "poor me, my life is crap and my child can't learn."