This map gave the key to a child's father to begin to value his son's extraordinary abilities and believe that he would have a professional and independent future for autistic children. Perhaps his behavior and his ability to relate to the world was special, but his intelligence, memory and concentration were extraordinary.
The boy had been flipping through an atlas a few days before. And what I had drawn was the exact reproduction of the atlas with the pages where each part would appear. His father understood that his son's memory and ability to concentrate were very valuable qualities and made him a person who would have a professional future if his peculiarities were no longer considered a disability that would exclude him from being independent.
If father works now preparing suitable environments for the work of autistic people. There is a pioneer company, IT-Unternehmens Specialisterne, that hires autistic people or with Asperger. In a world where being able to work in a team is an exclusive feature to get a job, autistic people are excluded from the labor market or tagged as disabled.
However, this It company has seen in them the enormous advantages of its capacity e concentration and high IQ. They are used for example to test software and mobile telephony. The place is quiet without noise or other stimuli.
This example I think it gives huge hopes to the parents of these children, to whom, with the appropriate environment to their characteristics, they themselves and society can be favored by special minds. I consider them an indispensable and valuable part of the human race. Hopefully examples such as this one and children affected by autism or Asperger's syndrome have a dignified place among us.
Families suffer a lot, and it is hard enough to deal with a person absorbed in their world, so that incomprehension and uniformity separate them from the future. They have special characteristics, but the problem is ours if we do not make a society that respects and includes them. They need an environment and education that supports them, not excludes them. For me they are a challenge for everyone. And a resource for Humanity that must be valued.
