Comments on: Hopes and Outcomes

By: Autism Vox » Planning Beyond the Yellow School Bus

Autism Vox » Planning Beyond the Yellow School Bus — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:35:05 +0000

[...] hope and outcomes over and above “recovery, mainstreaming, independence”; it is knowing that this [...]

By: VAB

VAB — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:04:43 +0000

The only independent people I have ever heard of are crazy people living off in the bush. All the rest of us get along with the support of the society we live in.

I sure hope that my son grows up to get along with the support of the society he lives in. I also hope that he is able to guide his own path in a way that makes him more fulfilled and that he can contribute to the well being of others. I think those scalable goals are achievable by everyone. What is more, I think those are pretty well the only goals available to anyone.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:56:31 +0000

And he is more than fortunate to have you doing all this for him—and just being there always, too.

By: Leila

Leila — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:41:16 +0000

I hate the cliché “on the road to recovery” so used by the biomed circles. One does not get “recovered” from autism. What happens is, some autistic individuals are able to develop speech and social skills in a way that can “blend in” with neurotypicals, though always somewhat “different”. Other autistics just won’t become verbal or independent, no matter how good their therapists or doctors are.

I know my son will always be autistic and I’m okay with that. But I still hope my son will develop fluent speech and be able to attend mainstream school – he’s too young and there’s no way to tell yet. And if he doesn’t, it’s not because I didn’t provide the best possible treatment/education. It’s because there may be a limit to how far he can go, and I’ll just be there for him, helping him make the best of his opportunities and choices in life.