Opinion | Sam Farmer: My Asperger's is a blessing, not a symptom or a side effect of a vaccine. - NBCNewsTHINK
who inspired the recent Global Climate Strike, called being different due to Asperger’s “a superpower.”
I eventually realized that I have ample reason to be proud of who I am, and with help from clinicians, I have won my inner battle at learning how to love myself. The therapies and interventions they provided were essential, not because they aimed to cure autism, as if it were merely a medical condition, but because they helped me address challenges that stem from being autistic in a nonautistic world.
Why not view folks on the autism spectrum whose brains are wired a little differently as people with unique abilities and challenges, rather than as people with a disability? Diversity is frequently discussed and written about with respect to race, ethnicity, religion and political affiliation, among other attributes.
Many of us on the spectrum feel strongly that we do not need to be fixed or cured. Many of us do not want to be seen as “defeating the diagnosis” whenever we succeed at something. We own our differences. They are not medical symptoms. They are part of who we are.Sam Farmer wears many hats, among them father, husband, musician, computer consultant and autism spectrum community contributor, sharing what he has learned with the intent of helping others help themselves.
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