Tales wrote:
Just to note the point of this topic and the forementioned article is due to the fact that in Singapore, autistics are portrayed in the media as lower functioning and dumb. I believe this is an insult to all of wrongplaneters here?
Singapore is only a stones throw away from Australia so I've had the chance to visit 4 times.
Due to lack of resources and reliance on shipping, Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew started the concept of the knowledge economy in Singapore by basically investing heavily in Singapores brain power - literally. As a result Singaporeans are the most obsessed people about IQ and performance anywhere on the planet, smart people are well rewarded. Ironically this is good news for high functioning autistics with above average IQs. Unfortunately the Singaporeans have a low oponion of anyone with a below average IQ and this includes the classic Kanners Autistics whom are portrayed in the media as a "social burden" for their parents. To make matters worse Singaporeans tend to show sympathy for the parents of LFA autistics rather than the children themselves who (in typcial Chinese fashion) are treated with scorn and derision for being inferior.