do you wish more people knew how serious autism really is?

yes people, a majority of them still do not know hwat autism is and there are still a majority who are still very prejudice of autistic people and finds them abnormal which in my case they are not...

Autism is not a disease. It is merely a different way of thinking. I am autistic and believe it to be the best thing to happen to me. While I am unable to communicate with "normals". I have been working on that. I hope to continue to show the world just how wonderful aspergers can be.

I agree, but at times I'm just tired of explaining this to people. But it's true, so many people out there don't even know what Autism is & some have heard about it, but don't know enough about it. It makes me angry, but then I look back & when I was working with children before I had kids of my own, I now realize that I never knew what Autism was either & now that I think about it, that one child I worked with that drove me crazy & how I swore the reason he wasn't talking was because he disliked me. I always wondered why he would laugh when I told him no or something down that line. In the end I had that child removed from my class. The mother told us every place she goes to, they kick her son out of the program & she asked for our help, but the school ended up turning her down & not giving her any resource to turn to. Autism never came up, because me & my whole staff probably didn't have a clue what Autism was... Now that I have a child with Autism... I see that little boy in my son & I feel really bad. I was only 17-18 when working at this school, but I feel that all daycare workers, teachers should know what Autism is & that there should be some kind of class for the workers so they can learn about Autism, the good & the not so good. That way the teachers can spot it out & instead of calling that child bad or kicking that child out of the program, we could offer a helping hand to the parents & give hope. My point here is that I think your right... people need to know how serious it is & they should even start having a speaker come to schools & educate the younger kids about Autism. I would of known the signs of Autism & about Autism sooner if they made it mandatory that all school teachers, daycare workers take some kind of class to learn about Autism... I'm all for awareness & I now spread it daily....

One problem that we have had with my autistic grandson (I live with them) is that when he has his screaming fits, people look at us as being awful parents who can't control their kid and some of the more ignorant ones have come up to us and told us that we need to stop him from doing that. One place they told us that was even at the child therapists office which amazed me. I would think they know better than that. And while I don't care what people say because I am very willing to be rude to them, the thing that bothers me is when they say that he needs to be disciplined and spanked. They say it in front of him and in front of his two brothers who are not autistic. They are sending a very bad and false message to the kids and how can I say to the kids that there are an awfully lot of truly ignorant people out there? It's a fine line to walk and its hard balancing on it. I have a friend that I don't get to invite over to family functions like I would like to because my family can't stand him. They think he is just awful, rude, crude etc. I've told them that he has mental problems and to overlook that but they won't listen or make allowances. I wish more people would open their eyes and get information on people who are not like them. So much discrimination, it makes me sad for my grandsons future as he grows up.

when i was a children , i found i can communate with other very easily .but now i found it is hard to communate with others. and i don't have patience when i communate with others. could you teach me what's wrong am i?

Yes spicysweetie21, autistic people have lots to teach us about life. And as long as people choose to ignore the growing number of autism cases, they'll never learn wonderful lessons and experiences from our special fellows. I was school administrator once, and we had such cases. They seemed intimidating at first, especially when they're out of control. But with enough unique classroom management, I saw that autistic kids have more potentials than usual ones, than us. Some people say we ought not to treat them special but ordinary like us. Umm...I beg to disagree. They are special because they have more to teach us than we have to them. And they have better outlooks of life. We often treat life like desperate, silly creatures not knowing what to grab for ourselves first, now in this life. But they care nothing for this life except love. As long as they have love, they're fully content. We should learn that perspective.

Autism, and Aspergers too. I have Aspergers, and I know what the challenges are. People really need to be made aware of how conditions like these can change the lives of the people who have them, their families, and those who live and work with them. I definitely agree with you that this needs to be understood better.

I believe every one should be taught about autism because it seems to be a developmental problem. Is it the water we drink, the food we eat, the vaccines that the law says no way to? Autism needs to be understood so someone can find the cause or the cure. I watch these babies with autism and it amazes me how they develop and at what increments they develop at.

Many people may not aware of the seriousness of autism.But the incidence of autistic children is increasing in the modern society.Yes,i agree with you that everyone should be educated about the autism especially people who will become dad or mom.Also autistic children should be given more care and attention.