The Autism Iceberg
What can I say?
People see the surface and hence approach autism in terms of impairments and disabilities, the things that autistic people struggle with or can't do.
But once you go further and deeper, you start to see the extraordinary qualities that ordinary society tends to ignore.
Taking these qualities in turn …
Definitely
Certainly
Usually
Always
Possibly, Occasionally
Regularly
Absolutely
It all depends.
I’ll put this out as a confidence booster. It corrects the emphasis on lack and deficiency and the social difficulties associated with those things. It's not false. Autism comes with some truly extraordinary qualities.
