Autism parent post on insta
BonanzaJay
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in General ASD
So I just saw this post and it jarred.
I wanted to comment but I wasn't sure what to say.
I get it but it stills seems pretty off.
I'm not losing sleep over it or anything but I just wondered what you guys think. Is it okay? Would you comment?
I wanted to comment but I wasn't sure what to say.
I get it but it stills seems pretty off.
I'm not losing sleep over it or anything but I just wondered what you guys think. Is it okay? Would you comment?
Comments
Maybe I'm being oversensitive.
It kind of looks like the beginning of a horror film. Muahaha
I thought it was a bit demonizing. Like, if you can't figure out how to clearly communicate your child's needs to a sitter, then you might be a shitty parent
It would be offensive if the meme said something like:
You might be an autism parent if...you'd trade your autistic child for an NT version of them if it were possible.
It's hard for me to remember that the term "autism parent" doesn't mean "an autistic person who is a parent", or "an autistic person who is a parent of another autistic person". The term "autism parent" is very odd to me because no one parents autism. We parent autistic people.
Semantics aside, the post would have caught my eye and I would have thought about it just like you did.
I absolutely loathe the term, both for its lack of accuracy and what it seems to represent. Personally, I think semantics can be very important: language usually reflects culture and attitude pretty well.
It's easier to look after them yourself or ask a relative in an absolute emergency.
The one time I asked family to watch her, they said no. My very close friend died and I needed / wanted to go to the funeral. I remember being very upset that my family said no. MD was four years old. I think I ended up getting her nanny to come on a day off.
It's such a huge responsibility to raise children properly and with consistency.