I also think Aspies and Auties should be allowed to lead extraordinary lives, regardless of their current and eventual outcomes.
I do see this every day in Pathlight School, a school for people with ASDs, where I currently volunteer.
Pathlight School students have their share of daily challenges. I do encounter them every day. Let's not talk about them...
Pathlight students show some passion, some leadership and perhaps some integrity many others don't have.
In Pathlight, people are lit up with their areas of interests. Many of them love deeply about interests such as sciences, geography, design, computing and cooking.
In Pathlight, in classes with older children - it is the students, not the teachers, who keep classes in order.
In Pathlight, when one makes a mistake, s/he will admit that s/he made a mistake, and will correct it so that it will not happen again.
Plus, in Pathlight, the main focus does not seem to be grades in my opinion. Students do talk about grades, but grades alone do not excite people as much in Pathlight as it is to other mainstream schools, even though Pathlight does a mainstream syllabus for most students. If there is a focus in most Pathlight students, it is functioning socially in a school setting. This is a place where heart decals are given to students who do acts of compassion, and are publicly recognised in assembly periods. It's where people talk of dreams to 'leave a legacy' rather than for self-enrichment at the expense of others.
What is written in the note is mostly true, though with exceptions to the familiar 'trained' eye (and ears) like perhaps me. However, the positive spirit in Pathlight is really conveyed across to readers. It makes those who worked in Pathlight School proud.
I do see this every day in Pathlight School, a school for people with ASDs, where I currently volunteer.
Pathlight School students have their share of daily challenges. I do encounter them every day. Let's not talk about them...
Pathlight students show some passion, some leadership and perhaps some integrity many others don't have.
In Pathlight, people are lit up with their areas of interests. Many of them love deeply about interests such as sciences, geography, design, computing and cooking.
In Pathlight, in classes with older children - it is the students, not the teachers, who keep classes in order.
In Pathlight, when one makes a mistake, s/he will admit that s/he made a mistake, and will correct it so that it will not happen again.
Plus, in Pathlight, the main focus does not seem to be grades in my opinion. Students do talk about grades, but grades alone do not excite people as much in Pathlight as it is to other mainstream schools, even though Pathlight does a mainstream syllabus for most students. If there is a focus in most Pathlight students, it is functioning socially in a school setting. This is a place where heart decals are given to students who do acts of compassion, and are publicly recognised in assembly periods. It's where people talk of dreams to 'leave a legacy' rather than for self-enrichment at the expense of others.
What is written in the note is mostly true, though with exceptions to the familiar 'trained' eye (and ears) like perhaps me. However, the positive spirit in Pathlight is really conveyed across to readers. It makes those who worked in Pathlight School proud.
