My blogger recommendations and other thoughts

Before I begin; I have to state for the record, I am in no way an expert on autism. I hold no degree's in any type of therapy or psychology. I am a mother of 3 children, one of whom is autistic. I have refused to give in to the hopelessness that the experts and other organizations have dished out. I am not looking for a cure. It is my hope to give some information, share my story, and to give hope to other parents so they don't give into hopelessness. I am tired of the inaccurate media portrayals of autistic people and the negative stigma that all autistic people receive from the inaccuracy of our media. Hello everybody. First I would like to apologize for not updating as much as I would like. Even though I am a stay at home mom I don't always have the time to indulge in communicating with the world. In some of my time I've been reading some blogs from autistic adults. As a parent, autistic adults give me a sense of pride, not that these adults are my children, but because these adults are doing exactly what the "experts" said they never could do. They are advocating, communicating, and living in the world. I would like to share some pages with you, for you to read. http://thautcast.com/drupal5/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karlas-ASD-Page/155369821204141 http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/ http://autisticadvocacy.org/ http://theautisticme.blogspot.com/ These are just a few, but an inspiring few, if you know of anymore that I haven't listed please share. Lately I've been reading Karla's page, and she wrote something that I think is an awesome idea. The plan is to pair an autistic youth with an autistic adult, so these children know that they aren't alone and that they are going to grow up, and importantly, that they can become adults in the work force and be successful. That is the most important of messages that any child can get! It is important for every child to know that they aren't alone; no matter what they are going though, and that there is nothing wrong with them. For far too long autism has been portrayed as a disease that needs a cure, as an affliction that makes victims of families, as a condition where autistic people are thought to not have a conscience or morality, or that they just don't have any feelings. That is not true! The only people who don't have a conscience, morality or don't have feelings are called sociopaths, being autistic is NOT the same as being a sociopath. If you read the blogs that I have posted and the pages I have posted, you can see that these adults have the full range of emotions, just like everybody else. They are seeing and feeling the injustice that is running rampant in our world. I am far from being an expert on these individuals or what they are going though. I firmly believe that if we are to help our children then we should read from the adults who where once children. If we want to understand why whatever therapy isn't working the way the experts say it should be working, then perhaps we should look to the autistic adults who have been though it. I also admit that I am looking for examples for my son to follow, letting him read some of what is written helps him to feel hope, to know that he can be a successful adult someday is what he and every other child need to know.