There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.
Temple GrandinNormal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation.
Temple GrandinAnd while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit.
Temple Grandin