think parents are so worried about difference,” Austin said. “But there’s something wider going on in our culture about difference and disability. I feel very lucky. Of all the shit show that the contemporary world is, I feel that it’s a great time to have a child with a difference. Having a child with a difference expands you as a person. I’m cooler with kids with quirks now. I’m cooler with people with all kinds of differences now, because it’s expanded my world a little bit more.”
