It's more than not talking or looking at you, it's sensory issues and everything connected to it. This is the case of people with autism spectrum disorder, it is a physiological condition, when you see a person or child with autism, they all look typical just like you and me but a lot of things could be going on in their senses.
One of the contributors from The Mighty, Christy Savely has expressed her concern over this matter. It was one of those rare occasions where she went to look take her grandson to therapy as well as deciding to take him along to a grocery store. Her little grandson loves Lowes, he is calm there. She expected him to just sit on the basket and as usual, the quiet little boy that he is, but because of his condition, when someone approached him, and asked him his name, the usual thing that happens is that grandma answers the questions for him.
Questions like: "Hey little man! What's your name?" and she would say, "His name is Noah." Then a follow up question would then be, "How old are you Noah?" ... "He is 2 years old," grandma would answer back. People would then usually just turn their attention to her, assuming that the boy is just shy, but this one time, the situation turned differently than the last.
To the man who asked this cliché question about the boy, she was pressed to later on reply, "He's autistic. He doesn't talk yet, but he's getting there." To her surprise the response from the stranger was this:
"Oh, don't say that. My son didn't talk till he was 3 years old. Noah is just taking his time. You'll see.. "
With this response, Savely simple decided to give a little bit of lecture regarding what autism is, that it's more than not looking at someone eye to eye, or being delayed in speech. That her grandson has sensory issues and could easily get overwhelmed, but that autism is just a part of Noah. He is smart and has other lovable characteristics in him.
But there's more, Christy Savely also wants people to know that, there is more beyond than Noah being autistic. Bet we can learn from her experience to be an advocate and bring awareness on the subject matter. The man may not be able to get what autism actually entails but as we keep on with the advocacy we can make the world aware one by one. As for Savely, she personally blogged about this story, to share, to advocate and spread awareness.
Just like Kerry Magro, he's an autism advocate. Listen and you will understand.
