I think that parents need to be advocates for their kids in a way that does not negate their children’s agency and where they remain aware they are not disabled. But so often when I see discussions of disability and neurodivergence it is these parents who take up the discussion.
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When you speak over us and your kids, or centre yourselves and your “difficulties” in having a disabled child, you are perpetuating an ableist system that infantilizes us and removes our voice and agency.
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On top of that, speaking from a place of privilege does not give you the right to determine what is and is not ableist.
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@ISASaxonists makes an important note here for white parents with mixed race kids, it is a similar problem.https://twitter.com/ISASaxonists/status/1373277422695673857 …Show this thread
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