Does the environment play a role in treating Autism?

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Last night, my mom came to this brilliant conclusion that Sociology plays a role in how Autism or AS is handled or treated. I think the 'sociology', or the culture, religion, class, family style, and/or school life means the environment in which the autistic person comes from. In psychology, this is the 'nature' and 'nurture' of the Nature vs. Nurture idea. I'm curious about what you guys out there think. Do you really believe that the environment plays a key role in handling or treating Autism?

I think it does. I'm a high-functioning aspie, but I think that's because I went to a normal school, was allowed to have friends and so on. Some of the more patient teachers treated me like I was intelligent, and not like an idiot just because I was different. I think that helped a lot as well.

I think it does also, in new jersey alone the rate of being diagnosed with autism is rapidly getting higher and higher.

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I'm a higher-functioning one, considering the environment in which I grew up has been really good.

I deffinatly think that the enviroment around a person, AS or NT makes a difference for the person. If you grow up in nurturing enviroment it relly makes a difference but more for people with AS and simillar dissorders then so called "normal" (I hate that word) people.

I think it surely does. It definitely has in my case.
I do live in a very different society than most of you do, And that's why I think I did very well academically and also have been able to maintain a job for 5 month now.

I went to all-girls schools all the way through. And there was never the sort of teasing and bulling against different kids the way it seems to happen for example in the US. Most of my classmates and teachers were very protective of me. It has been nearly the same way for me at work. Our ceo and a lot of my coworkers do look out for me and are very kind to me most of the time.
Although I never have any idea what people really thinks of me ( I'm still have difficulty accepting others have minds of their own) People are rarely unkind or mean to me. And it seems that the universe fills my word with wonderful opportunities and wonderful people. And of course I have a very loving family.

so although I still have very low self confidence and struggle with very basic things such I as saying hello! or overcomming sensory and communicating problems, I think being more accepted the way I am has help me cope with a lot of things much better than a lot of others here.