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As a parent of a 5 year old on the Autism Spectrum, I can confirm that early intervention is crucial, not just for the individual, but also giving the whole family a sense of understanding, and some relief – like we are actually taking action to help improve the prospects of the next generation.
There is research to support that intervention can be successful in older individual too, but I see the hopelessness and exhaustion in the faces of the parents I meet and I feel that action needs to be taken immediately to ensure that their children’s miss understood brilliance is not overlooked, or worse.
If the growth of incidence of Autism and related conditions are even close to accurate, we can look forward to a generation where the most brilliant individuals struggle with the day-to-day activities.
The workplace and our social environment has to do more to support and accept every individual on the Autism Spectrum, because each of us have so much to offer, it would be a crime not to take advantage of this “new intelligence”.
What we face as a nation and perhaps as a race is within each and every one of us. We have a choice to act or discriminate. Posted here Just in case it get rejected.