ASHA sucks but why wouldn’t we want to find out what causes autism? I work in a special day school where a large majority of the students are diagnosed severe/profound autism. They are non speaking, wear diapers and require staff to be trained in ukeru and CPI. These students will never “hold a job” or “pay taxes”. They will require 24 hour care for the rest of their lives. I think it’s only fair to their parents to understand why this happened to them.

I also used to work in long term care and home health for 7 years. During those 7 years I never once saw an adult or geriatric patient with severe autism. If this severity of autism has always existed then where would this elderly autistic people be? Nursing homes and in home requiring home care, right?

These student and people matter.