I know some are. That does not change the incredible amount of damage that has been caused by years of focusing on parents of autistic children as the primary voice of autism, rather than autistic people ourselves.
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No, can'tafford it, they're pricey. My son is on the OAP waitlist for help. We are planning on making a board with pictures of his everyday things to try to get him into that sort of thing. We've tried before with cards it's difficult because it upsets him. He thinks it's toys, it's not. He gets mad
hi there! what devices (ie what operating systems) do you already have in your household? weavechat is a free app that may be a good fit for yall if cost is a concern. from an aac user :)
You seem to be taking my statement, that general trends toward focusing on the voices of parents to autistic children have been largely harmful, as a personal attack against every individual parent who tries to help their child communicate.
Okay, but please understand that I'm pushing back against what you're saying, not because I believe all parents of autistic children are a problem, but because of how this has played out. Please recognize that you came into a conversation among autistic people about autistic experiences to
highlight something you didn’t like and then make *your* experiences the focus of the discussion. Which is the problem that was being discussed originally! Parents centering THEIR experiences contribute to defining autism by the struggles of the people around us rather than our experience of it.
Parents making it about their troubles and their difficulties and the way people view *them* while describing their autistic child as the source of these problems rather than as a person trying to get by and be heard cause problems for all of us. Listen, I'm willing to believe you're trying.
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That is the wrong way to approach this topic.
I'll leave ya alone.