Our autism advocacy organization is run mostly by parents and when autistic adults try to center our own voices, there's pushback about being 'ungrateful' or 'high-functioning' and I don't know how to bridge this divide without abandoning either group.
More people experience this than they realize.
The people most affected by a condition and those who love them are fighting over who has the right to speak for the community.
“Where Are You with Neurodivergent identity — autism and ADHD?”
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