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When autism parent groups split over neurodiversity approaches

Our autism parent support group can't agree on whether we should focus on acceptance and neurodiversity or on getting services and interventions for our kids, and it's creating this awful divide where people are questioning each other's love for their children.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing philosophies about the same condition are fracturing a community that desperately needs solidarity.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Neurodivergent identity — autism and ADHD?”

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