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My Daughter Is A Gift, But Her Autism Is Not

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Thank you for that explanation. 

I think the knee-jerk reaction I have (and probably were the article’s author is coming from as well), is because I have seen too many people lately who (under a “neurodiversity” banner) do tend to spout a message of autism being this big fluffy teddy bear that we should all embrace and be happy with. And that parents who are seeking treatments for their child (even in cases where that child desperately needs the assistance/support) are some how bad or even abusive, or that they are trying to “change” their child into someone else. 

And I get too that there are actual bad parents/caregivers out there that do such things in a way that is absolutely detrimental to the person they claim to be trying to help. But there didn’t ever seem to be any distinctions made between “actual horrible people” (whose goals are in their own best interest rather than the autistic person’s best interest) and those who are legitimately trying to support that person in the best way possible. 

So again, thank you for taking the time to clarify it for me. I really do appreciate it. 🙂

Thank you very much for listening 🙂 

If you don’t mind, I would like to provide you with a couple more reading sources that articulate things better than me: 

http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/

http://wearelikeyourchild.blogspot.com/

Thank you. Will definitely take a look at them. 🙂