I am a women with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. I spent the first years of my life proving I am not retarded. What gives anyone the right to decide what another person should or could do with anyone's body? "Who here is God Almighty?" Not one out there can claim they are.
Having said that, if a teen can have sex, they evidentely know what they are doing. Their Autism should not be allowed to dictate rules and principles around birth control. If we as parents teach our teens to respect their bodies. and to give respect to those they are with, that would take care of this issue. We though live in a society that makes choices not for the welfare of the one in question, but what will be the easiet thing to do that helps them deal with an issue.
Now that I have dealt with my fustration with those from a closed minded society, allow me to tell you about someone I know. This is a young man who started out in life with parents who truly didn't care about him. He was locked in his room, hit, called names and thought of as retarded because he is autistic. My daughter who grew up with my disability learned to be patient and truly caring about other's. One day when on an outing my daughter and this young man met. The young man at first was very shy and withdrawn. My daughter though saw something in this young man, because he was so nice to her and she didn't understand why. Come to find out, this young man had no friends, never went to a doctor, and above all was not cared for properely or shown kindness in any way. They soon dated and she soon learned that he was dignosed with autism. She was so fond of him she paid for him to see doctors and to be tested and soon learned he has high-functioning autism. With the help of my daughter they were able to get his health cared for properly and soon the young man made heaps of progress. One year later they were married and now he is working and supporting his wife and they love each other dearly. I have gained a son-in-law with a personality that is loving and caring and kind. Yes, my son-in-law is autistic, but so what? In my personal opionin that make us privileged to have the intellegence to give him the chance he deserves to live his life to the fullest. Just because he has Autism, it does nott give me the right to make choices for him? No. True they are both not teens, yet what if Kelly was never given the chance to show this world what his s true intellegence and cababilities are?
We as a society are too egar to make choices for others, and slow to give others a chance to be all they can be. Why not put more effort in teaching all teens and young adults responsible quide lines to sex and when to have sex and when not to have sex. Teach young ones to have morals. Yes, everyone wants to play God, yet no one really follows the guidelines that God Almighty gives for the proper upbringing of our children. Maybe we need to learn more about what we as parents are teaching our children? If we take the time at a young age, then when they become teens, they have guidelines and morals to make choices and for other to reason with them. No teenager should be having sex to start with, autistic or not. my question to society is, "Does teenage sex have to do with the teenager or with the parents and society?" You be the judge? If society uses birth control on autistic teens, then what will they do with those teenager's who are suppose to be "Normal?" This is just a side step to a problem that is found with all teens and must be dealt with as a whole. Maybe the problem is not the teens or the autistic teen, but maybe the problem can be found in parents and society not taking their responsiblity. Birth control just cover a very serious problem Teen sex, not autistic teen
sex. Let's deal with the real issue, teen sex, and not put a bandaid on the issue by making those with autism that bandaid.