Autistic adults aren't working to protect our feelings. Hell they're not even working to help themselves. They're working for OUR kids. They're working to protect our children from the trauma, neglect, and abuse they've already faced. (22)

Our children are a member of the autistic community, a community who has been killed, institutionalized, and abused for decades. Autistic adults are here to make a systemic shift and we as parents should stop fighting them every time our feelings get hurt. (23)

It is our job as parents to advocate for our children. We'd have it no other way. But that doesn't mean we have to be in the driver's seat. Let our autistic advocates take the lead. Boost their voices and get behind their movement.

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~Meghan

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