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How families protect children with brain-computer assistive technology from judgment

Our son got a brain implant to help with his autism and it's incredible but our extended family keeps making comments about 'fixing' him like he was broken. We're proud of his progress but exhausted from defending our choice and he's starting to hear these conversations.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Other people's discomfort with difference becomes a burden the child must carry.

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