My Speech

It's supposed to be a parody of Alfonso Cuaron's latest film, "I am Autism".

Hello, my name is Autism. You may have heard of heard of me before in a much more negative tones, as a robber of child development and parental hopes. I hope to make myself much more understood by this.

People say that I am a communication handicap. However, I am fixation and sensitivity, with great attentiveness to detail. I happen in varying strength and weaknesses; this is why I'm a spectrum.

The people I touch are falsely accused of being without emotion. The diagnostic criteria clearly state that nonverbal communication is impaired, and makes it look that way. My people could easily be understood, if those not like them would use context and understanding.

Not all Autistics are mentally deficient. In fact, I have raised up some noted geniuses. Daniel Tammet, the man who computed Pi better than a computer, and learned Icelandic in seven days. Stephen Spielberg, Physicist. Bill Gates, of course, of Microsoft fame. Unfortunately, not all of us get to be savants or geniuses. This is another example of my spectrum hood.

In closing, I should like to say that all people in the world should be understood. Almost none get this comprehension, that they so desperately need in some cases. My own people already have the western world's already flawed communicative system very much against them. Please, be understanding of neurologically diverse people, so that they might begin to understand you.