Ask the Doctor - 012 : Do you know something about ASD that other people with autism might not know?

Andrea Libutti, MD

Ask the Doctor: Anything Autism Doctor Andrea Libutti, MD answers your questions on autism • Do you know something about ASD that other people with autism might not know? • I have this really tragic, but funny in retrospect, story about autism and the word gift. I had been on my journey with my son with autism for close to a decade, when I approached the head of one of the largest autism conferences in the U.S. with an idea. I began talking enthusiastically about my discoveries along my journey and how I had come to see autism as the greatest gift of my life so far. I described the realizations and epiphanies that my son’s autism had afforded me, and how my connection with my son had evolved as I loosened my grip on “fixing” him, and instead embracing him for who he is. When I finally stopped talking, she had only one very strong, very angry thing to say to me... If you liked this short audio, you can get the whole article at: https://www.andrealibutti.com/2018/10/21/do-you-know-something-about-asd-that-other-people-with-autism-might-not-know/?utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=description-blog Download the first chapter of my book “Awakened by Autism” for FREE: www.andrealibutti.com/?utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=description-chapter My name is Andrea Libutti and I’m a doctor, author and mother of a brilliant son, who at the age of 2 was diagnosed with severe autism.