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Society and Autistic Disorder
People with Autistic Disorder tend to be withdrawn from society. They have not been able to develope the skills required to have conversations and interactions with individuals.
With adequate training and proper teaching, people with autism may grow up and lead semi-normal lives. However, they still have trouble understanding there surrounding world and have trouble relating to people. Autistic people have trouble communicating with others and tend to have very few friends or intellectual peers that will understand them.
It is a great struggle for parents with autistic children. And, as with many diseases, some churches condem the parents and tell them that if they are not following God, or that they have unconfessed sin and God is punishing them for this. This only adds to the pressure that the parents have to face and puts God in a negative light. Do they really think that God would be so vengful and spitful to punish the children for something the parents might have done.
Although the cause of autism is still unknown, there is no evidence that it is caused by something that the parents have done wrong.
Some people with autism may become socially excepted into society as an active member, but most will lead solitary lives.
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