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One in 68 children in this country are diagnosed with a form of autism. But if you can put aside for a moment what your pediatrician and all the other NT's have said about your son...Autistic Boy's Father:"NTs?"Neurologist:Neuro-typicals. The rest of us. What if we're wrong? What if we've been using the wrong tests to quantify intelligence in children with autism? Your son's not less-than. He's different. Now, your expectations for your son may change over time, they might include marriage, children, self-sufficiency. They might not. But I guarantee you, if we let the world set expectations for our children, they'll start low, and they'll stay there. And maybe... Just maybe... He doesn't understand how to tell us. Or... we haven't yet learned how to listen
One in 68 children in this country are diagnosed with a form of autism. But if you can put aside for a moment what your pediatrician and all the other NT's have said about your son...Autistic Boy's Father:"NTs?"Neurologist:Neuro-typicals. The rest of us. What if we're wrong? What if we've been using the wrong tests to quantify intelligence in children with autism? Your son's not less-than. He's different. Now, your expectations for your son may change over time, they might include marriage, children, self-sufficiency. They might not. But I guarantee you, if we let the world set expectations for our children, they'll start low, and they'll stay there. And maybe... Just maybe... He doesn't understand how to tell us. Or... we haven't yet learned how to listen
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One in 68 children in this country
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are diagnosed with a form of autism
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But if you can put aside for a moment
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what your pediatrician and all the other NTs have said about your son
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What NTs
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Neurotypicals
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The rest of us
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What if we're wrong
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What if we've been using the wrong tests
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to quantify intelligence in children with autism
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Your son's not less than
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He's different
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Now your expectations for your son may change over time
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They might include marriage children self sufficiency
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And they might not
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But I guarantee you
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if we let the world set expectations for our children they'll start low
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And they'll stay there
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Maybe your son's capable of much more than we know
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And maybe
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just maybe
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he doesn't understand how to tell us
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Or
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We haven 't yet learned how to listen
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As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
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