After hearing one too many times from a parent that they are amazed to think that
autistic individuals who are non verbal are of the same intelligence, or even higher as someone who is verbal, this reporter decided to take a closer look.
Not exact matches
Those
individuals who are non verbal
autistics, or delayed verbally due to autism function great in society and often have great success overcoming this particular delay issue.
This growing alliance of
autistic individuals, their parents and researchers, all of whom have embraced the concept of neurodiversity, proposes that autism be regarded as a valuable part of humanity's genetic legacy and that society needs to accept and adapt to people
who think differently.
Autism spectrum disorders and Williams syndrome are both neurodevelopmental disorders but their manifestations couldn't be more different: While
autistic individuals live in a world where objects make much more sense than people do, people with Williams syndrome are social butterflies
who bask in other people's attention.
The case is about a parent (named «Windy Payne»; I was suspecting that was a pseudonym, like a «Jane Doe» for the 2010s, but it looks like it might really be her name)
who didn't particularly like the Individualized Education Plan implemented pursuant to the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for her 7 - year - old
autistic son by the local school district.