Recently someone said to me that it's hard to delineate and determine what deficits or lack of progress a person with autism might have due to many individuals with autism's inability to speak.
I would fancy a guess that if you look closely at a person with autism, even the nonverbal ones, they WILL tell you how they are doing if you care to take the time and attention to observe them, interact with them, and care about them.
For them silence is NOT golden since they become the silent society that does not get the attention or rewards that speaking individuals can demand.
It makes me angry and it makes me determined to keep fighting to keep speaking up for people with autism who cannot.
Don't let silence be the last "word."
cate
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