Today on 4th day of Autism Awareness campaign, I am highlighting some issues that autistic people and families continue to face.
They get socially isolated.
They are being judged as ‘strange’.
They hear disapproving noises.
They are asked to leave from public spaces.
They have lost friends!
This happens throughout the world. But, the degree and intensity varies from place to place depending on how aware people are and how much people accept differently born ones. The numbers shown in the poster are from a study conducted in the west. We ourselves have faced many of these situations.
Acceptance by the society is the only way to address these issues. Let us hope that things will start changing…
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