Non Autistic Children Essay

Oftentimes autistic children do not get a say in whether or not the will be treated and it is instead forced upon them by their non autistic parents. Some parents desperation for a cure stems from the misconception that Autism is a horrific, life ruining disease. Nancy Rones, a freelance writer, believes “that beyond the stress, fear, and family turmoil that come with learning that your child has this devastating disorder, there is also a devastating aloneness” (172). The specific words Rones uses to describe the effect of Autism such as; “stress” “family turmoil” and “devastating disorder” are intended to incite fear into the readers (Rones 172). descriptions such as these incite panic and are the reason many parents of Autistic children are so desperate for a cure. Because Autism is something that is foreign to most parents of Autistic children,

The parents “grief does not stem from the child's autism in itself. It is grief over the loss of the normal child the parents had hoped and expected to have” Autistic author Jim Sinclair explains (Sinclair). When non Autistic parents have a baby, they have many high expectations, hopes, and dreams for their children so, to have an Autistic child, for many, is horrifying and devastating not by fault of Autism itself but by the fault of parents overly high standards and expectations. The pressure put on parents by their peers, is another big reason non Autistic parents are relentless in the search for a cure. In agreement with Sinclair, Emine Saner insists that “the big problem for parents whose children have just been diagnosed as autistic is that they are told to do everything they can to "rescue" their child from autism”(Saner). Parents are impressed upon early on, that Autism is an evil and dreadful disease and that it must be