Creatively Ironic

This one from CNN-IBN in India is a howler, but true:

Autism is a bit of a difficult disability to detect as it is a hidden disability of sorts.

The second definition in the article may be less linguistically challenged (or maybe I'm just not familiar enough with English spoken in that part of the world), but it strikes me as untrue for autism:

Autistic children have a fascination with language, but they may be unresponsive towards normal teaching methods.

Maybe the writer is thinking of Asperger's. The final definition they list is more along the standard descriptions that one reads and seems to be a paraphrase of the definition found at the Austism Society of America.

It is a developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and affects the normal functioning of the brain. It leads to difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication and social interactions.

The rest of the article (At airports autism too is a threat!) is fairly interesting- relating an experience that a family had in the airport where the security personnel refused to let their son board the aircraft because they thought he might be a danger to the other passengers. One passage that hit me:

"Our struggle is to integrate my son into the main stream society. We don't want special privilleges, but please do not treat him miserably."

As my daughter and son grow older, I am noticing more and more stares of disapproval. For the most part, I don't mind, but I often have to keep my cool and remind myself that the world of "typicals" is at least as strange as mine.