There are thousands of autistic girls out there, but no schools for them to develop like they can here – we’re the only one’
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The school follows a “hybrid model” of educating autistic children. Ms Wild says: “There’s a massive focus on ‘curing’ in the US. That’s the medical model. Here we are moving away from that and leaning more towards a social model. We’re starting to say ‘these girls are just different’, and that there’s loads of advantages to being autistic.
“Then there’s the Australians, who are millions of years ahead of us, who are just totally cool about the whole thing and just focus on a purely social integration model for autism.
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She dislikes the term “diagnosis” when it comes to dealing with autism. “It makes it sound like cancer. It’s a difference. I think we should start talking about ‘idenitfying’ people with autism. It’s not an illness.”
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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
04 Nov 2016, 10:33 pm
