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Child’s Autism & family acceptance

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Autism and Family Life

An autism diagnosis affects the whole family. Explore ways to help parents, siblings, and extended family to live well with and support an autistic family member.

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Dear Parents: Your Child With Autism Is Perfect

Children with autism express themselves truthfully regardless of the social consequences. I know, because I am autistic.

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Autism Acceptance Not Awareness: A Perspective Shift Is Needed

The most radical act you can perform as an ally to Autistic people is to accept them exactly as they are and beyond that to celebrate them and their neurotype.

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What to Do When Your Family Doesn’t Accept Your Kid’s Special Needs

When loved ones don’t understand your kid’s symptoms and behaviours, it can be devastating. Here’s how to handle relatives who judge, shame or exclude.

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Why My Autistic Children Don’t Need a “Cure” | Vikie Shanks | TEDxLeamingtonSpa

Should we really continue to pity those on the autism spectrum? Or, is it time to reexamine how we approach those with differently wired brains? Vikie Shanks shares a paradigm shift she went through with her own children.

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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us.

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