'Be aware of autistic children and adults, be accommodating and curious, and be affirming. Just don’t be apologetic.'
“I'm so sorry." That's a reflexive statement I've heard countless times from well-meaning moms at the playground to moms of children with autism. And it stings, especially because I am, in fact, autistic and have worked as a speech language pathologist primarily with autistic children for well over a decade.
These types of internal beliefs make it next to impossible for the autistic child to ever be fully known, included and valued – and this is not, of course, intentionally done by those other moms at the park. It’s important to remember this. They are not villains or monsters, but they’re perpetuating a lot of unnecessary pain and missing out on getting to know your truly wonderful, autistic child.Here are some myths I’ve witnessed or experienced about what it means to be autistic.
Sometimes I’ll catch people whispering, “They have autism,” when chatting with me, and I tend to loudly retort, “Oh! They’re autistic! Great!” The key thing to know is a neurodivergent brain operates in a different way than a neurotypical brain. That’s it. There’s no tumor nor malformation occurring within, it is simply a different working brain.
You need to know it’s okay if you have been one to apologize upon learning about an autism diagnosis. It’s okay if you’ve believed that to be autistic is something to mourn, but now you have no more excuses, got it? Good. Now get out there, be aware of autistic children and adults, be accommodating and curious, and be affirming. Just don’t be apologetic.
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