"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." -- Henry David Thoreau. We believe that Autism is a way of being that should not be "cured" or eradicated. This doesn't mean we don't believe in interventions or in supporting our kids in the best way we can. What it does mean is that we are not trying to change their core being or mold them to fit some societal ideal. W …