(article) The Depiction of Autism and Why it Matters

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The Depiction of Autism and Why it Matters

Excerpt:

" No one disputes raising a child can be challenging, and raising a

nonverbal child all the more so, but that is not the entire story. As

someone who once devoured anything on the subject of autism through the

lens of ignorance and as a result was paralyzed with the fear these

depictions induced, I am aware of the underlying emotional manipulation

that is often so obviously being employed. It is propaganda, whether

intentional or not, biased, deeply prejudiced and intended to create

fear. And it is doing tremendous damage to autistics and to all of our

autistic children who will soon grow up to be autistic adults. "

more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariane-zurcher/autism-media_b_1559993.html

Enjoy (or not),

~CJ