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Scenario

How disability humor divides parent communities

My daughter has autism and I use humor to cope with the challenges but other special needs parents judge me for not being serious enough.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Coping strategies become identity markers that create hierarchies of acceptable response within shared struggle communities.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dark humor and its function?”

Peri

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