I've
been following autism reports in the media since my oldest son was
diagnosed seven years ago, towards the beginning of what many experts
have called the autism "epidemic." And while I thought that as more
children were diagnosed, and more people affected - even indirectly -
by this disorder, the understanding and sympathy towards these children
would also increase, recent stories indicate that is not necessarily
the case.
In the past two weeks, an autistic teen was banned from his church by his own priest, and an autistic kindergartner was voted out of his classroom by his peers
with the encouragement of his teacher. I'm sure this isn't the first
time something like this has happened, but it's the first time I ever
heard about anything like it, and somehow it seems more ominous that
these rejections happened so close together in time.
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