I think it is about time to stop defaming the sometimes hard to believe intelligence of many non-speaking autistics. Because many cannot communicate in a lot of common ways, people think they are having less intelligence. However, this is not accurate and needs to be made into the misnomer that it is!
Challenging the ideas that are having a lot of weight in education is a complicated thing to do. I need to ask for your help to have my ideas be heard by a lot of people who need to hear them. I have to ask you to start being the needed voice that I do not have.
Start making waves that many people will feel. Be loud and clear about the fact that non-speaking does not mean non-intelligent too. It is shameful that many non-speaking autistics have not been going to school for the education they are capable of but have not been getting. This must be changed now!
Couldn’t agree more!