Firefighters in Downers Grove Illinois have found and rescued a 20 year old man with autism whose parents reported that he might be lost in the sewer system. Apparently after being notified by the family that the man might be in the sewer system the firefighters lifted man hole covers looking for the man. The article on mysuburbanlife.com, Downer's Grove Reporter, does not specify how severe the man's autism was, stating only that he was deaf, but given the facts it is a safe assumption that he is functionally impaired by his autism disorder. This father of a severely autistic 15 year old son is very happy to hear of the man's safe return to his family.
No word yet on whether the very high functioning members of the Board of Directors of the Autism Self Advocacy Network who campaign, in the harsh glare of major media attention and in high level political and government institutions, against curing autism disorders have complained about the firefighters interference with the man's right to roam as a free ranging "autie" or "aspie".
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'No word yet on whether the very high functioning members of the Board of Directors of the Autism Self Advocacy Network who campaign, in the harsh glare of major media attention and in high level political and government institutions, against curing autism disorders have complained about the firefighters interference with the man's right to roam as a free ranging "autie" or "aspie".'
Indeed. Because you know, low functioning autism doesn't, like...exist. Your son and my daughter are just misdiagnosed.
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Harold, have you been following the case of Ayn Van Dyk who was taken from her family on June by Child Protection Services? I have blogged about her case at Care2 but, not being Canadian, don't have a good grasp at all at how CPS or other agencies work. Any advice and suggestions are more than appreciated. Thank you from Kristina Chew kc@kristinachew.com
What a story!
thanks for writing.
Wow so sad! Thanks for sharing , you are such an interesting writer!
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