Gtmlosangeles

It's only been a week since we finished the #autism assessment process for one of our 9-year old's and learned that there will be an autism diagnosis. I'm still processing lots of feelings about this, so all you online strangers get to hear about it, too. Maybe more than just this one toot, but here's what I got for now:

I am so proud of this kid and where they are going with their life. I am the happiest dad in the world that they chose to be born to us. And so many things that I saw all these years, and no one else seemed to see, make sense to all of us now. Just like my life makes more sense now.

And schools suck.

We need to do better by our neurofabulous kids, all of us.

#ActuallyAutistic
#NeuroFabulous

Nov 11, 2022 at 2:52amWeb
Show threadR0ck3tsc13nc3Nov 11, 2022

@Gtmlosangeles autistic people are normal people We are just not majority people

Used to be that sexuality was dictated by the majority, and anything other than that was deviant

We do think differently most places now, and accept people as they are, adults can do what they want with one or more other adults

Someday I hope autistics will be another flavor of normal and society will accept us

Show threadAaronNov 12, 2022
@Gtmlosangeles Getting my (very late) diagnosis was such a relief that I cried. We tell each other congratulations in the autistic community. Finally having answers and a place to belong is a powerful thing. Having a parent be supportive like you would have been awesome, too. It's great to see!