I had a Medium dialogue a month or two back about how well my neurodivirgent son is responding to medication. I was kind of jumped on for making this choice.

We are learning how to handle this ailment better, and we have more lessons to learn. But I struggle with the idea that it's wrong to "social condition" autistic kids. Rather, we let them be who they want to be.

Despite our johnwayne attitudes to individuality, there's is still a large co-operative component to functioning well in society. The traits that hamper social interaction need to be adjusted. Otherwise, life can get hard.