and therefore not allowed to learn anymore. I always work to improve on my struggles, but when I am condemned for stimming at the wrong times and not having the best nonverbal aura (neither of which I can really control, well I can control the stimming but it is sort of like controlling your blinking, takes all conscious thought to do it) I generally tend to get a bit upset about it. I still believe I have the ability to teach students, but as of the way things stand now, will pretty much legally never be allowed to (there aren't many schools willing to hire uncertified teachers).
For a comparison, if I was deaf but worked to speak, would I be condemned for sounding... let's just say different. I don't think the difference is that great. People accept deafness as a disability far more, and they accept what deaf people have to bring far more. I don't think it is fair that I can get kicked out of a profession, solely for being disabled. I also think it is wrong, that because of this we will have even more special education policy regarding autism by people who don't know what it is like to be autistic (of course being supported by token autistics), but that is a conversation for another date.
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