You're right, nonverbal people are smart. Especially when they can't work at the local fast food place for 7 bucks an hour and have to live in a group home/basement all their life. Yeah, you people want to make it look good, but coming from someone who suffered, I never joined in on this circlejerk. And you know what, I'm glad, because now I've moved on and graduated high school early, while never using crutches. Also, 12-14-12 never forget.
I didn't say ALL nonverbal people are smart. That would be the same as saying all verbal people are smart. It's just not true. But there are smart nonverbal people.
Also, you can be smart and not be able to hold down a job. You can also be smart and need others' help and live with your parents or a group home or even your own home with attendant care. I know plenty of intelligent people, not just with autism either, who cannot live independently.
Nonverbal people have offered up their opinions in many places. I do understand that not every autistic person feels this way (assuming that's what "suffered" meant), but there are a lot, all over the spectrum, who do. There are also autistic people who agree with the purpose of this blog.
You know, it's really cool that you graduated early without using crutches! But not everyone can do that. I could have graduated a whole year earlier, but I was deemed "not emotionally ready" to skip the material I would have skipped. I'm also lucky I did not fail my senior year (in English) because I got no supports when I really needed them.
Seems like a non-sequitur, but it is true that that was a very horrible day that many, including myself, wish had never happened.
