The Next Movie

We particularly are making progress on typing being accepted. I see it everywhere now. There are more and more people hearing of spelling and flocking to centers to learn how to do it. I am excited about our progress:  it feels like the tipping point is near. 


All of us need to be treated like the highly intelligent people we are. More than that, we need to access that intelligence. We can contribute so much to our society given the acceptance and accommodations we need. People see us as cognitively impaired, when we are anything but. That needs to end.

I know that prejudice is hard to overcome, but it can be over time. We need to slowly chip away at it, one person at a time. Judy had some visitors from the New Jersey chapter of the National Council for Severe Autism here a month ago. They watched Alex and me type, and I could see them shifting their perception of us.

Yes, seeing is believing. 

We need to be seen more. People need to see me and Alex working together on our play. As the old saying goes, they will laugh…they will cry. 

Time for the next documentary, I think! And it needs to show people us working together, doing advanced math and science, analyzing poetry, and writing creatively. It will change how we are seen…and that could change everything.