What if I told you....
there is a place where autistic people could get together, and feel comfortable with one another? Â A nice quiet place, where the hustle and bustle of the outside world was just simply not present, not something you have to fear, but a place where it just does not happen? Â This place would be outside the city without the noise pollution, and the light pollution, and the general human presence was not a worry. Â The smells around you would be nature, in all of it's goodness, and all the adults around you "just got it". Â Well folks, this is a mythical place, not unlike Dr Xavier's school for the "specially gifted". Â It does not exist... Â It should exist! To all the parents out there, with what little hope you have left, I challenge you to help me find a way to make this place become a reality. Â We are the only ones who can do it, and do it right, because we are the professionals, in truth. Â I see a farm setting, with out-buildings, with rooms for a little WIFI and Minecraft time-outs.... Â Allow our children to identify what it is they can excel at, and watch the flowers grow. Â What is the big hold up here? Â Fear of rejection? Â Fear of failure? Really? Â We are the only people who can accomplish this huge undertaking, yet we allow the fear of loosing our hope to stand in our way! Â We need each other, yet we fear that we might see a glimmer of disdain from one more human being, that we isolate ourselves because it hurts so deeply... those looks! Â We would, I promise you, never see that in each others eyes, only that little smile of understanding... Â I know you have seen it before... It looks like a stifled giggle, the recognition of a friend in a foreign land. That feeling is so profound, that it should drive two people together, but the polar opposite seems to happen. Â Who is on board?
