Ask me. Don’t prompt me.
Talk to me. Don’t prompt me.
Have courage.
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About the Author: Henry Frost
Proud autistic advocate and one of the founders of Ollibean
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Henry, your words made me to hear the sounds of beautiful colors. I did try to translate this into words. It is not exact but here is a rudimentary match:
Yes, have courage to see us as your equal –
an equal human being.
Have courage to treat us as you treat a friend –
yes, we do want and need friends just like all human beings.
Have courage to see us as the unique human being we are –
rather than only a sum total of diagnostic deficits and difficulties.
We are people.
See our humanity.
We are NOT our diagnosis.
We are NOT what you understand about our diagnosis.
Please stop seeing us through the lens of what you think you know about autism, but instead approach us as you would any other human being because that is what we are – another human being.