As a man on the spectrum I will not mince words: You do not love your daughter if you view her personality, and all that she is, as a "brain injury."https://twitter.com/janesmith659/status/977320793603563520 …
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I know. It saddens me a lot, because the children become the biggest victims of these conspiracy theories. These parents don't understand their kids, and so can't give them the real support that would let them be a part of the world.
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I can't imagine what it would have done to my psyche if my parents had spent years telling me they were going to "cure" me of my own personality, that who I am is an "injury." I probably would have believed it. And that would have defined my existence.
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I often wonder too, how bad is autism that life threatening illnesses are preferable? It seems more than a bit insulting.
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