Neurodiverse Parenting: Raising “Differently Wired” Children with Debbie Reber - 414
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High Functioning, Low Functioning - Is That Really What I've Been Through in My Life?
i hear from so many parents who are adolts, who are who have to really mourn the kid they had as a child. They weren't seen or supported in the way that they wish they had been. The functioning labels tend to reflect how well that person can mask or look normal according to society standards. It doesn't actually explain lived experience and how hard that person might be working a or what else is really difficult for them. So it's based on an outsider perspective. And there's also this idea that if someone is non speaking, as supposed to someone who is a speaking, artistic person, that they are less than intelligent. That's not true. We're basically saying,
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