There are particular “cultures” of thinking or attitude with regard to the way people and especially kids should function. Those who don’t function according to the rules and regulations in play around them, are labeled by the advocates and promoters of those “cultures.”
So often the conclusion is reached that children who don’t “fit in” need to be taught how to behave so they can learn to function as if they were “normal” and “average” and just like everyone else. By asking them to be normal and average, we are doing two things: We are telling them that there is something wrong with them, and we are asking them to become someone they are not.
ADD, ADHD, OCD, and autism are among the labels that can
“sentence” a child to being thought of in a certain way. These labels are known to describe “disabilities,” and kids with those diagnoses are defined and viewed as “disabled” or “handicapped.” It does not seem as if there is room for any other way of thinking about them once that judgment has been made. This also applies to the parents of these kids who would like so much for their children to have happy, successful lives.
There are, however, more and more stories in the popular press about kids who were diagnosed with autism at an early age and whose parents were told they would never read, talk, or relate to people.
These kids are now in their early teens and are doing undergraduate and graduate level classes in major universities. What’s the common thread in those stories? It is the parents who didn’t buy the labels that were placed on their kids and instead recognized that so much more was possible than what the experts told them.

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