By Sonja Sharp — 2021
If there’s one thing I wish nondisabled parents could learn from parents like me, it’s that their anxiety would be better spent elsewhere.
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When disability isn’t disclosed, we create an invisible layer of additional work for the individual which will affect their productivity.
Can museums offer early hours, stress-reducing activities, play space, quiet space, learning tools, educated staff, sensory aids, and/or programs tailored for those with developmental disabilities?
Ableism refers to bias, prejudice, and discrimination against people with disabilities. It hinges on the idea that people with disabilities are less valuable than nondisabled people.
Ableism centers around the notion that people with disabilities are imperfect and need fixing.
More than a million children in America are the autism spectrum. What happens when they come of age?
Despite what popular culture says, we all know that people with disabilities are not actually the same (ha!), and that what will work with self care with our disability won’t necessarily work for someone else’s.
Your child is wired differently, and that means his life may not follow the path you envisioned. Before you can help him thrive, you must give yourself space and time to recognize the emotions that a neurodivergent diagnosis brings. Here’s how to get started embracing your new “normal.”
Give your child the self-esteem and skills to become a self-actualized adult who embraces self-discovery. That is every parent’s goal, but it is especially challenging—and important—when your child is neurodivergent. Use these four steps to help your child on that journey.
As they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back.
Having ASD increases the risk of depression in teens, but effective treatments are available
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