Pleasant Reading: An Interesting Article from the New York Times - In Praise of Autism

Well, on the day that I see the most demeaning video about autism that I have ever seen, this little article gets posted in the New York Times!

It's the "Idea of the Day" dated... September 23. The same day the video made waves in the autism community. The article is below:

Today’s idea: Autistics deserve better appreciation for their contributions to higher learning, one article says. And they should be recruited in information technology because they have “a preternatural capacity for concentration and near-total recall,” another says.

Does it make any difference that these autistics may be considered high functioning and not worth appreciating?

Should it?

Thank you, Tom Kuntz and other New York Times writers who put together the "Idea of the Day" articles.

This could not have come at a better time.