Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I nga tau kua pahure ake nei i kitea ahau e mahi tahi ana me tetahi wahine taiohi e mate ana i te autism. I pānuitia e au ngā tuhinga autism o taua wā, ā, i tino miharo ahau i te kore o ngā mea i pānuitia e au e ōrite ana ki te tangata i noho ai au ki te taha. Kāore he rerenga, kāhore ia i hiahia ki aku mowhiti, ki aku pātene rānei, ā, kāhore rawa ia i whakarārangi i tētahi mea. He nui ake te mōhio ki te autism ināianei, engari ko te ariā e he ana te katoa o ngā tāngata autism, he ngoikore, he 'iti iho' rānei, he mea tonu hei whakahe. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko ngā tāngata whai autism (pēnei i te kaiwaiata toka a Courtney Love) he maha ngā wā e whakawāteatia ana, e ai ki a Luke Beardon, he kaitohutohu matua i te autism, kua ako i te kaupapa mō te neke atu i te rua tekau tau. I te mea kua neke atu i te 20 tau ahau e mahi tahi ana me ngā tāngata autism, kua whai harikoa ahau ki te tūtaki ki te tini o ngā tāngata autistic tino pūkenga, whai mātauranga, atawhai, atawhai, pono, pūkenga hoki. Kei roto i tēnei ko aku ākonga tohutoro pai rawa atu tokorua, i angitu rāua i te whakaoti, ā, kei te rongonui rāua i ā rātau mara. Ko ētahi o ngā mārena tino kaha i tūtaki ahau, he mārena i waenganui i ngā tāngata autism, ā, kua tūtaki hoki ahau ki ngā kaipakihi miriona tāra kua tautuhia he autistic. He aha te take o te whakahawea ki te autism? Na, ka mau tonu te pātai, he aha te take e kitea tonu ai te autism hei mate, me ngā kupu pērā i te 'ngā ngoikoretanga mahi' e tino nui tonu ana i roto i ngā pukapuka me ngā pukapuka tātaritanga o nāianei? He aha te take e hiahia ai tētahi ki te whakaatu hei'raruraru' i mua i te tūnga e mōhiotia ana hei autistic? Ahakoa te kupu 'tohu' ka whai hononga ki te'mate' me te'mate'. He pono, he karere hē tēnei ki te hunga katoa e whai pānga ana <unk> ngā mātua, ngā takitahi, me te iwi whānui. He maha nga tau, e whakaaro ana ahau ko te 'whakatairite' he kupu tika ake, e whakahe ana ki te reo whakahawea e rangona nuitia ana e pā ana ki te autism. Kāore he ruarua, ko te noho autistic i roto i te ao e nohoia ana e te nuinga o te iwi e kore e taea e meinga raruraru nui mo te takitahi me...
Ko Luke Beardon he kaiwhakaako matua i te autism i te Whare Wānanga o Sheffield Hallam. Ka patai ia he aha te take e whakaaro tonu ana te autism he hauā e kore e taea te karo. E tautohe ana ko te hunga i roto i ētahi o ngā faaipoiporaa kaha rawa atu, i ngā mahi angitu rawa atu, he autism - ā, he atawhai, he āwangawanga, he pono hoki rātau.