#Autism parent support

[noisycowboyglitter]

"Autism Advocate Apparel: 'Autism Dad - His Fight Is My Fight' Design"

Dads on Duty: Standing Strong in the Fight for Autism

For dads of autistic children, the phrase "His fight is my fight" takes on a powerful meaning. It's a declaration of unwavering love, support, and fierce advocacy for their sons.

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These dads are the:

Strong and Silent Pillars: They provide a rock-solid foundation of love and stability, a safe space where their children can thrive.

Tireless Champions: They advocate for their children's needs, navigating therapies, educational systems, and social challenges.

Playful Partners in Crime: From building epic Lego creations to backyard superhero battles, they create lasting memories and foster joy.

This fight isn't just about overcoming challenges; it's about celebrating victories. It's the pride in seeing their child master a new skill, the joy of shared laughter, and the unwavering belief in their child's potential.

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Dads with autistic children are more than just fathers; they're heroes, advocates, and champions. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their sons, walking the path of autism together, one step at a time.

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Product Description: Highlight products designed for dads supporting autistic children (e.g., sensory fidget toys, autism awareness t-shirts).

Social Media Caption: Share your story or the story of an amazing dad you know.

Blog Post Introduction: Discuss the unique role dads play in the lives of autistic children.

The puzzle piece: A symbol of autism sparking mixed emotions.

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Diversity Represented: Like a puzzle with many pieces, it reflects the vast spectrum of autism experiences, with each individual possessing unique strengths and challenges.

Complexity Acknowledged: It highlights the intricate nature of autism, a complex condition with varying presentations.

However, some within the autistic community view the puzzle piece as suggesting they are incomplete or need to be "solved." This has led to a growing preference for alternative symbols, like the infinity rainbow, which celebrates neurodiversity.

Regardless of the symbol used, promoting understanding and inclusivity for autistic individuals is the most important goal.

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Words of Strength: Inspiring Quotes by Autism Parents

Raising a child with autism comes with unique challenges and immense rewards. Here are some powerful quotes that capture the spirit of autism parents:

"The world needs all kinds of minds." - Unknown

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all." - Anonymous

"Autism doesn't define our family, it refines it." - Unknown

These quotes showcase the resilience, unwavering love, and acceptance that define autism parents. They inspire others and celebrate the beautiful journey of raising an autistic child.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Why does everything I see about autism for parents or children? There’s this facebook page I like called Mrs Speechie P (who you’ve probably seen before), and she has great information. But it’s all for kids. I messaged her about this and she explained that she worked with children. But helping people who are adults that have been diagnosed (or self diagnosed) is just as important as helping kids. We need support too.

Say it with me everyone:

AUTISM. 👏AFFECTS. 👏ADULTS. 👏TOO.

[zebulontheplanet]

Thought I’d talk about my care today since a lot of people don’t talk about care they get from families and outside sources.

I am completely cared by my family. They 100% care for me in every way.

My siblings and parents take care of everything for me. From making meals, to making sure I’m safe, making sure I’m bathed, to making sure I’m handling everything correctly and just generally comfortable.

My family is not my caregivers though, and they make that very clear. They do not want the title of being my caregiver. Does that mean they do things that a caregiver would do? Yes. However, I will not force that title upon them if they do not want it. And I will not force them to act as my caregivers either.

My mother is especially the one to thank. She goes to every doctor appointment, every big outing, everything. She takes care of me in every way and I am extremely grateful for that. I get care that I like to call “support needs care�� that means that they do what I can’t, and I do what I can. And that’s how it works.

Will I need a part time caregiver from the state in the future? Probably. And if I wasn’t leaving for a college program in April then I would be in the process of getting one. But I’m not at the moment.

Talking about care that autistic people get is so important, and talking about what they do is so important. They are here for me. They advocate for me when I cannot. They help me with so much, and they deserve recognition for that. Caregivers and parents are a vital part of the autism community. Do they overstep sometimes? Yes. But that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be talked about. Not talking about them leaves out a big part of the community, and leaves out a big part of higher support needs people. Our caregivers and parents are vital parts to us. They are vital parts to our lives.

Caregivers and parents do things that people couldn’t even imagine. And everyday it’s a battle for them. This is not a “boo hoo, poor caregivers and parents” post. This is a post bringing awareness to something that is vital to a lot of peoples lives.

Recognize caregivers and parents. Recognize what they do. Listen to them. Listen to the people they are caring for.

[tara-fantastico]

It's interesting that in the whole process of starting university, moving cities and beginning to live on my own with all that entails the ONLY thing that has required my parents' contact information specifically is the disability accommodation application. Almost as if they don't consider disabled people to be adults or something.

Don't get me wrong, it's great that the OPTION exists, cause I'm sure there are disabled people that need/prefer to have their parents involved in the process but it was not possible to exclude them from it, which at least i feel is kinda ableist?

[sukibenders]

Looking back at Girl Meets World, it will forever irritate me especially for how they handled/treated Angela. Oh this show really hated black women because how do you not only 1.) describe her, one of (correct me if I'm wrong) only few black and MAIN characters of the og show, as a "concept" 2.) have characters show obvious disgust at the small mention of her name 3.) depict her as a homewrecker for a new relationship that, really, shouldn't have ever happened 4.) have her old friends treat her like dirt and her old lover like she is the root of his problems, when there was nothing but positive love there 5.) reuse all the concepts from said previous love story just to elevate the new ship with a yte woman and 6.) compare her to Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes that caused significant numbers of death, harm, misplacement, and trauma to people, largely of whom were black? Mind you, all these points I mentioned were toward the only main black character of the OG show before the spinoff, and the only, from what I can remember, black female character of the spinoff who didn't even stay long. Not even getting into the racist drama with some of the members on set, but you cannot look me in the eye and tell me that the way the show handled Angela, her story, and her relationship with the other characters + Shawn wasn't fucking disrespectful, you can't because I won't believe you.

[autismcultureis]

autism culture is being level 1 autie and not taken seriously.

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[aacalienz]

My support needs are not being met living with my parents. I’m not homeless anymore and they took me back. But they still treat me as non disabled for the most part, which just sets me up to fail. They expect me to be fully speaking and I just can’t measure up.

[neuroticboyfriend]

i'm autistic and i'm disabled by it. it took me half a lifetime to learn skills that i had been dependent to my parents for. the only reason i had to suffer through learning them is because my parents withdrew support. my mom did help sometimes, but my dad actively forced me into situations he knew would cause me meltdowns and panic attacks. i was severely agoraphobic because of it. i had to learn to survive, and the skills are still very surface level. if something unexpected happens, i don't know how to deal with it. which makes me anxious/confused at best, and throws me into hyperventilating panic at worst.

yes. the ableism and abuse disabled me. it made things harder. but in a world where i was just given the support i needed, i would still be disabled as an autistic person. because i still wouldn't have the skills. i would still have limits. i would just be healthier, happier, and safer. and i deserve that. all autistic people do, regardless of disability status.

[viina-art]

Autistic people who have a job: how

[no-brain-just-good-omens]

I love making up and acting out my silly little scenarios in my head. I know nobody’s going to tell me on my birthday that as my present they’ll pay for my first appointment of gender-affirming healthcare, but I now know exactly how I’d react if they did!

[pumpkinspicedmochi]

Can't stop think about how I brought up using an aac device to my mom ( I started explaining using an aac app particularly not the device itself before she said this) and she straight said it would make me worse and then tried to say she knows for a fact because she is a medical professional (she is but still wtf) and said "if you have to use a notepad , anyway you are fine , you talk fine stop trying to add more stuff onto it" I'm not "adding" anything wtf and I don't talk fine , most times I struggle to speck and get overwhelmed from talking a lot ..she has a thing where she doesn't want me to "look disabled" but seriously why do you want me to not use what I need ..I even confided in her that I was nervous to use aac because I would be worried the device would be annoying to people and she laughed and said "yeah , it would be annoying" .. she 100% used to me just forcing myself through pain/ignoring my pain and ignoring my needs to make things easier for her (which obviously causes some serious issues)

[noisycowboyglitter]

"His Voice for Autism: Personalized Notebook for Tracking Goals and Progress"

"His Voice Autism Awareness" likely refers to an initiative or organization dedicated to raising awareness about autism from a male perspective. This focus is significant because autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often diagnosed more frequently in boys than in girls, though research suggests this may be due to differences in how autism presents across genders.

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The phrase emphasizes the importance of hearing and understanding the experiences of individuals with autism, particularly males, in their own words. It suggests a platform where men and boys with autism can share their stories, challenges, and triumphs, providing insight into their unique perspectives and needs.

This initiative might involve various activities such as public speaking events, social media campaigns, educational programs, or support groups. The goal would be to increase understanding of autism, reduce stigma, and promote acceptance and inclusion.

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By highlighting "His Voice," the program likely aims to address specific issues that males with autism face, such as social expectations, communication challenges, and navigating relationships. It may also focus on providing role models and mentorship opportunities for younger boys on the spectrum.

This approach to autism awareness underscores the importance of first-hand accounts in shaping public perception and policy regarding neurodiversity.

An "Autism Mom Quote" typically refers to a short, powerful statement that encapsulates the experience, emotions, or perspective of a mother raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These quotes often reflect the unique challenges, joys, and insights gained from parenting a child on the autism spectrum.

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Such quotes might express unconditional love, advocate for acceptance, or highlight the strength required in their role. They can be inspiring, educational, or simply honest reflections of daily life. Autism mom quotes often serve to raise awareness, provide support to other parents in similar situations, and challenge societal misconceptions about autism.

These quotes are frequently shared on social media, printed on t-shirts, or used in awareness campaigns to foster understanding and empathy.

Autism Parent Quotes are concise, impactful statements that capture the experiences, emotions, and insights of parents raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These quotes often reflect a range of sentiments, from the challenges and triumphs of daily life to profound realizations about love, patience, and neurodiversity.

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They serve multiple purposes: offering support and validation to other autism parents, educating the public about the realities of autism, and advocating for acceptance and understanding. These quotes frequently appear on social media, in support groups, on merchandise, and in awareness campaigns, helping to build community and foster empathy among both autism families and the broader public.

[heavencasteel420]

S4 is so frustrating in how it deals with poverty. On one hand, there’s such a strong potential throughline of how the stress and trauma of poverty interacts with substance abuse, child neglect, incarceration, and social isolation—something that could be really powerful given the Reagan-era setting. But on the other, you have the Hawkins group stealing an RV from a couple (presented as dumpy and tacky and lower-class) and cracking jokes about how “it’s not every day you lose your home and your car.” Shortly before Steve waxes poetic about traveling around the country in an RV with his future wife and children during the summers.

And ultimately it feels like money is never treated as a real problem. I think it’s really easy for a viewer to pin the blame anywhere else. Everything would be fine in the Mayfield home if Susan weren’t drinking. Eddie’s problems are due to a ne’er-do-well father, or undiagnosed ADHD, or homophobia (let’s ignore how any of those might intersect with poverty). Jonathan’s problem is solely that he smokes pot (if you don’t like him) or UD/child-of-divorce trauma (if you’re more sympathetic) (never mind how THOSE intersect). I’m not expecting a socialist treatise here but there’s a real missed opportunity here.

[about-teatime]

When you’re an adult and have big emotions but you can’t be big. You’re stuck in little mode. You miss them terribly but they don’t have enough emotional space to handle you and like that boom you’re 5 years old again crying and pleading for someone to love you. Yet no one can because they’re all too busy and have their own struggles and hardships.

And honestly you don’t talk right or act like how others do ( not for not trying though ) They never knew how to love you. You were simply too much from the start. If they only knew it was too much for you to handle as well. Maybe they knew just didn’t care or couldn’t care. What you wouldn’t do for some consistent love. To have them proud of you, to have them want to spend time with you. Time with the mask off. No lessons or correcting, just free to be your authentic self. To have them just try to show interest in your special interests. To have comfort when you’re hurt. And that feeling when you finally have something good to talk about but no one is there to listen or laugh with you. Sadness and happiness- In the end of they both end up with loneliness, when you have no one to turn to.

I do understand you can’t drink from an empty cup and people say you have to love yourself first. No, I love myself plenty I always have been happy with my own company. I actually like my space a lot. It just gets lonely a lot and It would just be nice to know that they want to be there when I come out of my space.

And I know she tried her best. Working double shifts, penny pinching, taking care of the household all alone, moving every 6 months. She was a good momma. She did the best she could she just was never around. He did not try, at least not until it was too late. He hated me, a mistake he would say, always upset that I wasn’t more like other kids and always making fun of me and to busy being high or drunk to care. When he did pick me up he would drag me to awful parties that would last all weekend so he wouldn’t have to deal with me on his weekends. That was the worst alone feeling. There was a ton of adults there yet not one could help me make toast. To drugged up I suppose,. Anyway they had problems I wasn’t the problem. Yet each time I’m crying for love, I get taken back in to that special little girl who wore her triceratops shirt over her dress because she had to get herself ready. That lonely little girl who just wanted someone to play Polly pockets with. The one who just wants a hug.

Trying to end these ruminations since I was that little girl. I hope this helps someone who has had a similar experience know they’re not alone. If that matters. Your thoughts are not true. Your brain is mean you are lovable and you do matter.

Probably typos.

[big-boah]

This is the kind of BS that makes me cringe.

STOP MAKING PARENTS THINK THEY CAN "CURE" THEIR KID'S AUTISM. Stop it.

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I have high support needs and went from an abusive/neglectful environment to a very supportive one about 10 years ago.

But did my autism change? No. Did my "challenging traits" change? NO. Actually that's a lie. They got "worse". More visible. Louder. Less speech, more AAC. More big stimming. It was because:

- I got older.

- New meds/changing medical challenges.

- I felt more comfortable expressing myself in my preferred style and I gave less fucks about what others thought of me.

- I became MORE COMFORTABLE in general.

This is the kind of shit we need to rally against. This is also why it's especially important to uplift voices of folks with higher support needs. We need to inform these "professionals" that, no, this isn't something that "goes away".

Seeing someone heal from environmental distress/trauma doesn't magically mean they're "cured" or even "getting better", it does not make "challenging traits" any LESS of a challenge for the AUTISTIC PERSON.

(And you know, eventually they need to update the diagnostic criteria to not just be based on little white boy science. Especially if it affects like 1-5% of the world population but that's a story for another day)

[coochiequeens]

But no one transes kids. And on a more serious note have the TQ+ so internalized their emotional blackmail of "accept my gender identity or I might kill myself" that when they hear of a minor trying to commit suicide they refuse to consider other issues therefor sabotaging recovery?

By Reduxx Team July 19, 2024

A family from Maryland has accused the Children’s National Hospital of encouraging their autistic teenage son to identify as a “girl.” The biologically male child was then taken from his family’s care due to their refusal to “validate” his transition, and has now been placed in the home of the Hospital’s non-binary “chaplain,” who has connections to Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine.

The lawsuit, which was filed in March by Maryland couple John Doe II and his wife, states that their 16-year-old autistic son was admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt in November 2021. Shortly after his admission, the parents allege that hospital staff began to insist their son was transgender, despite the boy never questioning his gender identity before his hospital stay.

According to a press release issued by Partners for Ethical Care, the suit claims that the hospital “intentionally set out on a … program to identify, critique and then rebuke the family’s professed religion… [and] to expressly require the parents to convert to the ‘new Christianity’ by engaging in faith-conversion sessions with the hand-selected [hospital] chaplain not of any of the Doe family’s faith, Lavender Kelley.”

Kelley, a biological female who identifies as non-binary transgender, has repeatedly posted in support of the medical transitioning of children against the wishes of their families.

“I’m so drained from watching children die because their families don’t understand the science of gender or the psychology of coercion or the damage of weaponized religion. And to see government be not just merely unhelpful but outright violating means only more suicides and profound mental anguish to come,” she wrote on Facebook in March 2022, only two months after the family were told in CPS court proceedings that their son would only be allowed home if they affirmed his new trans identity and stopped reading “particular passages” of the Bible at home.

“Even if you don’t agree with gender affirming therapies, please, please, please know that they stave off suicides and give children space to grow up and grow into authentic identity,” she continued in the post. “There’s nothing that’s done in gender affirming therapies for children and adolescents that isn’t 100% reversable [sic] if they change their mind. We’re buying them time to understand the complexities of gender but in a way that promotes psychological growth along the way,” Kelley continued.

Despite her insistence otherwise, “gender-affirming” therapies such as hormone treatment lead to permanent effects.

Prior to being placed directly with Kelley, the boy had been released into the home of a foster carer, one who is alleged to have been a close personal friend of Kelley.

The suit claims that the “foster mother” had a previous assault charge in Maryland, and began “exploiting” the teenage boy by posing him as a female in Instagram photos, despite allegedly writing that he “did not want to be a woman.”

Disturbingly, after being tested for sexually transmitted diseases in the summer of 2022, the boy was once again hospitalized for a suicide attempt.

The suit further adds that the “foster mother” suddenly died, and as a result, the teen was rehoused into the care of hospital Chaplain Kelly herself, where the parents claim he still resides to this day to the best of their knowledge, despite having turned 18 in March of last year.

In another Facebook post from June 2023, during the time period that the suit alleges the boy was living with Kelly, the chaplain and her partner are pictured at an event at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, with transgender Assistant Health Secretary Admiral Rachel Levine.

Levine has been one of the most vocal proponents of the medical transitioning of children. “Gender-affirming care is life-saving, medically necessary, age-appropriate, and a critical tool for healthcare providers,” Levine said in June 2022. “As a pediatrician, when it comes to making sure kids are healthy and happy, I know how important care that affirms someone’s true identity can be.”

Even though a judge found in August of 2023 that abuse charges brought against the parents by the hospital were unsubstantiated, the parents have not had their son returned to them.

“This is the craziest case I’ve ever had,” said the family’s lawyer, Mr. Amos Jones in March. “I don’t know why there are people who think this makes sense. But I guess lots of people agree with this in Washington D.C. now… There is a sensitive way to welcome and serve families caring for a child struggling with identity concerns. Instead, this hospital decided to disregard the parents’ rights, and the oppression has operated over a period that now spans four years.”