Autism Research Report Autism Research Project Final | Page 11

As per the brief given by The National Autistic society to
remove the stigma and misconception for Autistic people and
appreciating the people behind the label. The National Autism
society believes in a better world for people suffering because
of the misconceptions created by other people around Autism.
A lot of people know about Autism but that doesn’t mean
they understand it. That’s where my brain storming started
and I came with the statement “Are we Autistic to find normal
people Autistic”. My research revolves around bringing out the
similarities between all of us as humans instead of focusing on
labels to differentiate between each other. The following research
is collected on the basis of information collected from different
webpages, case studies, meeting Autistic people, going to
special schools, talking to people, psychologists and getting
information to understand Autism and not just know what Autism
is. I have presented facts and statistics collected from people
who are both Autistic and Normal to bring out the major similarity
area in between all of us as a whole. The whole challenge
to my research revolves around the idea of how hard it is to
make people realise how others who are on the spectrum feel.
Creating something for people to feel the emotional gap they put
in by discriminating people on the basis of labels might just help
them feel some empathy for those who are on the spectrum.
Autism is something that’s not like common cold which is easy
to understand and relatable enough at the same time. Autism is
a whole new story of being different in every single case, they are
proud to be different and so are we. It is said that every individual
person is different and the same implies to everyone who are
autistic. There are so many myths and stereotypes associated
with Autistic people that makes them feel unappreciated and
isolated. Society needs to be more empathic towards them and
should start welcoming them because after all they are one of
us if we see it that way instead of narrowing our perceptions
and constraining our ability to decide what’s right for not just for
us but for everyone. The target is to create empathy amongst
everyone by making them stand in the shoes of those at the
spectrum.
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