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photo courtesy of Photography by Wayne Pollard
Sometimes being heroic is not one person doing an extraordinary thing. Sometimes being heroic is actually a large group of people coming together to make the world a safer place.
This is one such story of heroism
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The autism community is vast. Recent studies have suggested that 1 out of every 68 children aged eight will have a diagnosis of autism. That means that chances are VERY LIKELY that you will know, love, care for or even are yourself an autistic person. As with any emerging 'minority' group fighting for its rights, there are many divisions within the autism community. That divisiveness takes away from all the accomplishments and the huge strides we've made in awareness and acceptance. |
SO instead, today, I want to talk about something that is UNITING the autism community, worldwide.
But I have to start by way of bringing up a controversy.
I have to use a four letter word, well two actually.
FEAR
and
CURE
Now whatever your opinions on the matter, I would like you to put them aside, because although this story has at its route horrible abuse happening in the name of a 'cure', it is in truth about those fighting to protect our children from being poisoned.
And that is something that should not be attacked. This worldwide movement should, and will, be lauded.
Let the story begin
