Ask Lemmygrad

I don't claim to have absolute perfect knowledge, and I sense that there is alot of truth in what you are saying, but from my own limited experiences and readings, all of that doesn't seem to be nearly as common in China as it was years ago, and the situation has gotten much better over the past few years. I don't want to and can't call you a liar, and so far I have no reason not to trust you. I don't live in China but I hope to move there eventually, and almost everything I've read is the opposite of what you are saying.

From my own research, the amount of support, whether by the state, social services, programs, and training has increased dramatically the past several years, and businesses have now become much more accommodating, and it's basically almost every type of occupation that supports neurodivergent people in one way or another. Though that might be geared more towards adults, the institutional support for teenagers and children is drastically increasing as well.

I think that the abuse faced by autistic students has more to do with workplace culture and Chinese culture in general, rather than ableist abuse. But regardless, it's still disgusting and wrong and still is part of ableism. I find it hard to believe that a teacher would abuse their students for whatever reason, especially learning difficulties, but I know that unfortunately it happens.

I'm on the spectrum, and I've read experiences from numerous autistic people in China that the country as a whole is surprisingly accommodating now, and that China's mix of culture and socialist workplace organization makes things surprisingly easy for autistic people to find and keep jobs and function socially in daily life, and the people are very nice.