Gevolglik het outisme 'n bron van verleentheid en stigma geword en twee generasies outistiese kinders is weggestuur na inrigtings, vir hulle eie beswil. Sodoende het hulle onsigbaar geword vir die meeste mense.
As a result, autism became a source of shame and stigma for families, and two generations of autistic children were shipped off to institutions for their own good, becoming invisible to the world at large.