The Autism ‘Dance’ — Part 4: The ‘How’ and ‘Why’ of a Society-Autism Encounter

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Ok — let me start by quoting myself:

[W]hen it comes to understanding people and their perspectives, nothing works better than encounter.

Encounter is, however, a formidable prospect for many people on the autism spectrum. And let’s face it,

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The Autism ‘Dance’ — Part 3: Perception

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Okay — so in part 1 we talked bout my former autism website, Forming Horizons, and about a more traditional understanding of the word horizons as denoting limits rather than limitlessness.

Then in part 2 we talked about how, working within the “horizons” an ASD diagnosis brings (to all parties involved), we can discover and realize a greater range of possibilities than we thought existed by giving form to the potential inherent therein.

(“Potential” and “horizons” are interchangeable terms for our purposes — hence, Forming Horizons).

But we also recognized that it’s not that easy, that there are very real challenges that need to be faced.  I maintain that perception is a key source of both trouble and, more importantly, opportunity.

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The Autism ‘Dance’ — Part 2: ‘Forming’ Potential

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We left off talking about my former autism website, Forming Horizons, and about a more traditional understanding of the word horizons as denoting limits rather than limitlessness.

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The Autism ‘Dance’ — Part 1: Horizons

Okay…as I said I would be throwing autism into the mix along with everything else I like to talk about, I should probably make an effort to explain how it will “fit.”

To that end, here is part 1:

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