Nothing About us without Us
I am an
autistic adult. I spend most of my waking hours caring for my autistic
children, running my small business and advocating for autistic
rights.This includes the right to not have dangerous “cures” used on us.
And today I have been silenced.
Let
me explain. I was asked by someone to do an autism training. He thought
“who better to ask than an autistic?” Seems perfectly logical. So
naturally, I started to type up how I was going to carry out the
training. I was thinking “I was really going to make a difference for
these kids.” Today I got a rude awakening.
When
I get the message “We would rather have a therapist do it.” An ABA
therapist. An adult who uses dog training methods to teach kids how to
mask who they really are. Teaching autistic children that their natural
tendencies are not good enough. Who they are is not good enough. Forced
eye contact. No stimming allowed. Must appear to be neurotypical. This
is a recipe for PTSD.
This
stops now. As the Autistic Se…
