Autism: A road to recovery? Posted on May 16th
One of my greatest fears is that autism will break into my house and steal my son. It may be irrational, but it’s there: He’ll wake up one morning and vacantly look through me. He’ll lose his words, open and close doors for three hours, or begin screaming, as if in pain.
Then, bam! The child I know and desperately love will disappear into a mysterious world where I can’t reach him.
To some parents, kidnapping is a near-perfect metaphor to describe the agony of autism. Last year, the Child Study Center at New York University even seized on it for “The Ransom Note” campaign, which tried to raise awareness about autism and other disorders, including depression, bulimia and attention deficit disorder.
“We have your son,” read the ominous ransom note, signed by “autism.” “We will make sure he will no longer be able to care for himself or interact socially as long as he lives.”
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