To me, parents who had not had to encounter ‘autism professionals’ as part of a dx process (and the mixed group) didn’t pathologise or speak negatively illustrates everything wrong with negative professional diagnostic language and attitudes- nt parents ‘learn’ those from them. https://twitter.com/mxoolong/status/1328256907396657152

I felt that negativity was being projected during son’s dx. I objected and resisted, having the advantage of being autistic (undx’d then) and was studying neuroscience- it meant I wasn’t cowed or deferent to their opinions as i felt most was unscientific, subjective nonsense.

And just had a flashback to being snarky at one appointment at the implied ‘you terrible parent, how remiss you did not know this is actually a bad symptom’ when discussing pattern creating and retorting to the psychologist “not seen any of Andy Goldsworthy’s work then?”