To The Mom Who Told Me That She Hopes My Autistic Child Never Forgives Me ~ The Autism Cafe
To the mom who told me that she hopes my autistic child never forgives me. I’ve known for a while that there is a community of autistic people who have beliefs about autism that are different than mine. They call themselves #actuallyautistic. They believe that ABA therapy is torturous
Note from the WilderNet: There's a tendency in parenting communities to celebrate their children's disabilities, particularly when it comes to conditions like autism. But this can be really dismissive of the the reality parents live with in caring for children. This isn't really a full article, more of a vent, but I'm trying to move away from doing only substack articles in this section.