Two very different approaches to dealing with autism....
Having a conversation with this head and tail of a tiger is almost as tiring as doing it with an autistic three year old.
The man looking for the leg just wants some logical answers to his questions. The head and tail seem to be trying to give answers but in a round about way. The one-less-leg man doesn't care why they seem odd or can't carry on a conversation, he just wants his leg.
We've all heard parents say they "lost" their child to autism. It's one of those things that makes autism so difficult to understand. Did the child go somewhere? Or have they always been there just hiding in the bushes behind these weirdos?
Thus my connection to this video.
The leg which has gone missing is your child.
When searching for your child among all the autistic traits (the tiger head and tail) there are some who ask instead "Why are you spinning" or "Why can't you talk?" (or in this case "why are you dressed as a tiger?") one sometimes forgets the whole point in the search to begin with- the leg (the child's personality, who they really are and who they could become).
People are looking for a "cure" for autism and there seems to be something forgotten. Who cares how or why it happened, let's find the friggin leg!
ps. I am all for understanding why autism happens and how we can prevent severe cases of it in future generations, but I'm not about to start pointing to a culprit when the real work should be with connecting with my child. Why would i put my energy into understanding why two grown men are in a tiger outfit?
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