200 years ago, 500 years ago, People were simply expected to be good at raising a family and defending it, something that probably 90% of autistics understand. Let us be aware that autism is not inherently a bad thing.
Albert Einstien was autistic and his legacy pervades today. Sometimes, having a mind that cannot think in terms of it’s relationship with “life” gives it the freedom to think in terms of the “universe”,to think in terms that reach beyond “self” and “now”.
However, this gene present in our ancestors that caused some of us to be skilled in an supernatural level of contemplation and some in instinctive negotiation has been amplified into a flaw by today’s over-educated society. We compete with each other now and he who can evolve the most effective strategy for influencing his competition is the victor.These abilities are useless. I feel as if I am a supercomputer among sheep. I do not speak sheep, and they do not speak computer.
Physical retardation, damaged nerve cells in the brain, over-medicated mothers and children riddled with artificial hormones from before birth… these things DO cause or amplify autism into a very real retardation, a complete inability to think logically and consistently with any timeline or frame of existence. We do not have all the answers, but I suspect that this is because there are too many answers to one problem to see them all in one place. Except mcdonald’s. Let’s blame them. I can practically hear the inhuman screams coming from my mchicken right now.
