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Originally Posted by Marmaduke
Really?
You're a very special advocate. You won't like my response either.
Think about it! Under ADA, current college professors now have to deal with Asperger's in their classrooms.
It's something I would find extremely disturbing when trying to enjoy an evening out, let alone while teaching a college level subject during a semester of 16 weeks.
Disruptions of barking and yelling throughout the fifty minute class session X 3 days a week, over the 16 weeks is the way a colleague described it.
Students ponder their fate in the new mainstream classroom where their work is 'expected' to be complete, but the Asperger's student has an 'advocate' to 'challenge' the professor all along the way.
Put into perspective- A professor friend had a son who was adopted. He has many abilities and he had Asperger's. The family realizes the need to adapt to the very specific needs of their son to enable him to live and enjoy life.
This distinguished professor started that she would never enroll her son in a college level class even though he was protected under ADA.
Too bad Mark doesn't have an advocate like that.
Is Mark the ONLY person with Aspergers in TV? Or are their advocates fully committed, like my dedicated and knowledgeable friend and her family?
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Your distinguished professor friend might have been concerned about how her son would emotionally manage all the unkind behavior he would deal with. She might have also been concerned for her own career as a professor, not wanting to experience the embarrassment of colleagues’ commentary. Ultimately, we don’t really know the whole story because it’s her story. I don’t think it’s fair to assume that people with disabilities don’t deserve education and to say that is being an advocate for them. Some on the spectrum graduate valedictorian of the college class as did one of my own.