Anti-#neurodiversity cranks like to claim “this person [who is calling me out for being an ableist ass] wouldn’t last a day with my son/sister etc”—ignoring the fact that many such critics have worked/do work with high-support autistics & that’s only 1 reason they're so critical.
…Such critics also include high-support autistics themselves, people who required more supports as kids, HS autistic family members, and/or people who think that listening to the lived experience of disabled people actually matters when it comes to best practices for QoL.
And at the root of those ableist accusations about ND advocates not being able to “deal” with high support autistic people is nasty dehumanization of Autistic people in general. Autistic humans deserve their supports, & this kind of burden framing makes that harder for everyone.
This is why “I love my autistic kid but I hate all these things about him/her” public statements are so toxic.
Truly loving parents don’t encourage the entire f***ing world to view their child as some kind of demonic changeling. (Often while guarding their other kids’ privacy.)
Truly loving parents don’t encourage the entire f***ing world to view their child as some kind of demonic changeling. (Often while guarding their other kids’ privacy.)
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