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Dear parents, teachers, & employers of autistics. Today, I'm celebrating that my child ate half a yogurt and 3/4 of a PB&J for breakfast. She used a spoon for the yogurt and made it half way through before getting a bit upset because she spilled a lot & was getting overwhelmed.
Before, a PB and J would've been a no-go. She wouldn't eat anything with more than one visible ingredient. She will eat cheese (alone), or bread (alone), but never both at the same time. She's sometimes eat peanut butter on a spoon because it doesn't spill off.
This didn't just happen. This was the result of three years of trying different things, of eating tons of pureed food in pouches, and of grand efforts that were futile in execution. But not once was there force, punishment, or shaming. Just low-demand encouragement.
So many reviewers... So many... Have directly scoffed at my work. Called my concern sensational. Hyperbole.
But our kin are tortured and murdered. Every day. (a thread)
theaspergian.com/2019/11/16/who…
But our kin are tortured and murdered. Every day. (a thread)
theaspergian.com/2019/11/16/who…
And only those of us that are white have the privilege of experiencing these stories as rare, exceptional, sensational, outrageous...
So light a candle for Max. And light a candle for the kin that never made the news. #ShineOnMax
So light a candle for Max. And light a candle for the kin that never made the news. #ShineOnMax
Tomorrow morning, someone else will be pinned prone. Perhaps they will live. But their spirit will flicker, buffeted by a hateful wind.
