Assumptions are made often and unconsciously by everyone. Because of being as bothered as I am today over learning about what happened to a kindergarten student with Aspergers (Alex Barton), it will take time for the grace of God to temper my disgust towards people like Wendy Portillo. It also means I must be extra cautious towards hearing and/or reading about injustices like in this example with what happened to Alex (at least for awhile anyhow). What kind of message is Florida’s state attorney’s office giving to society when it concludes that matters like this do not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed?!?!
I assume people do realize that incidences like what happened to this kindergarten student with Aspergers is what can lead to such things like the Columbine High School massacre, but since I was told that there are people who would not be able to make the connection, I should point it out. So, if Colorado’s state attorney’s office thinks and/or behaves like Florida’s office does, then those victims at Columbine’s shootings ought to be paying a lot more attention to those working in the state attorney’s office than to foolish ideas like gun control. That’s akin to thinking you can cure the disease by eliminating the symptoms.
Oops . . . I’m making another assumption! I’m assuming that people know eliminating symptoms does not mean there has been a cure. Many people foolishly think some have been ‘cured’ of autism since they don’t ’see’ the symptoms they used to. Those are probably the same people who think world peace would be possible if only weapons ceased to exist.
Neurotypical people assume everyone should automatically know who (and how to please others of higher rank) is much more important than knowing how to do a job well. To those people, I’d love to ask how logical their thinking is when it comes to trusting your life (or the lives of your loved ones) into the hands of people hired for their social skills over those better equipped for the job.
Yes, when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. However, what is a person to do when the socially correct thing is to assume other people have as much intelligence as you, but it’s obvious that they don’t? How wise is it to assume people can figure things out for themselves, especially when they consistently show themselves incapable of many things but then justify their irresponsibility by rationalizing ‘everyone does it’?
