"Consigned automatically to a lifetime of disfunction , disability, dependence unhappiness and poverty." Sounds like a perfect description of what being perfectly adjusted to life in the modern world will ultimately lead to. And at the same time, Lydia says that for some of us getting our ASD diagnosis so that we can access (at a price, of course)
a "better developmental trajectory" ("Better" for who??) replete with all the therapie$ and re$ource$ and med$ and all $ort$ of modalitie$ to help us fit in "BETTER" to the plans the planned modern culture has for us forced into the niche to which they wish to consign us, rather than allow us to develop our unique God given talents, interests and abilities as these unfold in the course of life.
Maybe, say, Emily Dickinson was "on the spectrum" ; without her treatment plan was she automatically consigned to the horrifically bleak life prognosticated for her without all the "MUST HAVE" products the Autistic Spectrum Industry deems necessary for her to have a fulfilling life. Without which she is automatically doomed to a life of disability, disfunction, dependence, unhappiness, poverty, misery, lack of social skills, etc, etc.
In their judgement Her volumes of magnificent poetry would never have been enough.
"Consigned automatically to a lifetime of disfunction , disability, dependence unhappiness and poverty." Sounds like a perfect description of what being perfectly adjusted to life in the modern world will ultimately lead to. And at the same time, Lydia says that for some of us getting our ASD diagnosis so that we can access (at a price, of course)
a "better developmental trajectory" ("Better" for who??) replete with all the therapie$ and re$ource$ and med$ and all $ort$ of modalitie$ to help us fit in "BETTER" to the plans the planned modern culture has for us forced into the niche to which they wish to consign us, rather than allow us to develop our unique God given talents, interests and abilities as these unfold in the course of life.
Maybe, say, Emily Dickinson was "on the spectrum" ; without her treatment plan was she automatically consigned to the horrifically bleak life prognosticated for her without all the "MUST HAVE" products the Autistic Spectrum Industry deems necessary for her to have a fulfilling life. Without which she is automatically doomed to a life of disability, disfunction, dependence, unhappiness, poverty, misery, lack of social skills, etc, etc.
In their judgement Her volumes of magnificent poetry would never have been enough.