Conor is my son.
He is a boy, a young man, who will soon turn 13. He is affectionate, fun loving and has a great sense of humor. He loves being outdoors and experiencing all of it - including the snow of which we get a fair bit in this part of the world. Like many other Canadian kids Conor loves to get right down in the snow and feel it's coolness. He likes to play with balloons and he stims, usually with straws. Conor loves to play on the computer, PBS KIDS, Dr. Seuss Youtube videos and above all O Canada videos. Last year he had a perfect school attendance record. Because he loves school and because he is a healthy, well cared for boy.
He is a boy, a young man, who will soon turn 13. He is affectionate, fun loving and has a great sense of humor. He loves being outdoors and experiencing all of it - including the snow of which we get a fair bit in this part of the world. Like many other Canadian kids Conor loves to get right down in the snow and feel it's coolness. He likes to play with balloons and he stims, usually with straws. Conor loves to play on the computer, PBS KIDS, Dr. Seuss Youtube videos and above all O Canada videos. Last year he had a perfect school attendance record. Because he loves school and because he is a healthy, well cared for boy.
Conor has Autistic Disorder, assessed with profound developmental delays. He occasionally injures himself through biting or hitting his head with his fists in frustration. Sometimes he grabs others by the hair or pinches their faces hard. He is not trying to hurt anyone but it happens. Conor can not safely leave home unattended. At 13 we know he will not live independently. After I am dead he will be cared for by strangers. Conor has Autistic Disorder, a neurological disorder, a fact forgotten by self promoting "auties" and "autistics" who glorify neurological disorders.
I don't know what an "autistic" is. I know it is a label used by some persons who have Pervasive Developmental Disorders as a means of imposing their views of themselves and their disorders on families, parents and children they don't know, and with whom they have very little in common. It is a label based on their own self images.
Conor is a boy, a young man with a neurological disorder, but he is much more than his autistic disorder. He is my son, he is a great joy in my life, and the lives of others who know, help and care for him and I will not allow those who do not know him to reduce him to a label of their making and design.
Conor is not an "autistic".
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