It’s getting close to “that time” of the year again, this is still excellent.
Behavior Plan For Parents of Newly Diagnosed Autistic Children:
by Lei Wiley-Mydske
Your feelings about autism are constructed by living in a world that fears and stigmatizes disabled lives. Your distress about an autism diagnosis are most certainly because of these unhealthy messages. Please remember that your behavior in regards to your child’s diagnosis is a choice. Signing this behavior plan means that you will always put the dignity, autonomy, and love for your child above buying into the dominant narrative of tragedy or the belief that autism is something that the Autistic person is doing to you.
- I promise to never use my child’s most vulnerable moments for sympathy or to “raise awareness”. I recognize that I am my child’s safety net against an often hostile world. When I feel like sharing, I will ask myself if this is something that I would want others to share about…
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