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Scenario

How to handle family members who deny your child's diagnosis

My mother-in-law keeps sending me articles about diet cures for autism and I have asked her to stop but she says she is just trying to help and my husband will not back me up.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The refusal to accept neurodivergence as permanent creates ongoing conflict between hope as denial and hope as acceptance.

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

“Where Are You with Parenting a child with disability or neurodivergence?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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