Is it all a big lie?

Published: July 26, 2007, 6:44 pm

Tags: sally anne, lies, perspective taking, statistics, triggers

One of the many failings of autistic people, from society's perspective, is their apparent lack of interest in people. They appear to lack many of the attributes of sociable behaviour. [translation = check out DSM IV] Part of the matter lies in some people's human nature, mine, for instance. For instance, when my children were evaluated for autism, I was not particularly surprised that they didn't know their own last names, address or telephone number. [translation = they only knew this information if they were prompted to sing it, and I don't think the experts' knew the right tune.] What did surprise me, was that they did not know MY first name, MY favourite colour, or MY favourite food. [translation = how outrageous!] At the time, which seems several centuries ago, I assumed that they just couldn't find the right words, [translation = speech delay] or it was one of those touchy subjects that invoked a meltdown. [translation = triggers] The implication

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