https://www.thinkingautism.org.uk/autism-acceptance-and-false-dichotomies/ The leading UK autism charity Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.thinkingautism.org.uk/autism-acceptance-and-false-dichotomies/#comment-7 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:10:30 +0000 https://www.thinkingautism.org.uk/?p=220066#comment-7 Well structured and considered argument, I wholeheartedly agree. I also find it so disappointing that you (and others) have suffered such abuse when just trying to do what all parents do – wish for the best for their children.
My son is mostly non-verbal, but still communicates with me. I make the most of the smiles, laughs, giggles and happy claps as well as acknowledging the frowns, cries and stressed hand-rubbing/wrist-smacking. We always try to make the most of every day, but I would take away his autism in a moment if I could. Of course this would still leave him with plenty of the typical teenager problems, but we’d just try and work through those!
In my experience, those hurling abusive comments are most often struggling with their own situation, but that doesn’t excuse the behaviour. But it does mean I can take the view that they’re dealing with their own issues and that allows me to take a breath and move on.
Great blog.
Best wishes.

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