My teenage daughter was just diagnosed as autistic and my wife keeps saying things like 'she's always been perfect to me' and 'labels don't matter' whenever I try to talk about accommodations or support, and I can see our daughter picking up on this tension between us about something that affects her daily reality. We're supposed to be her team but we can't even agree on what she needs.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parents are struggling with fundamentally different responses to their child's neurodivergent diagnosis, creating fractures in family support when unity is most needed.
“Where Are You with Love & Neurodivergence?”
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