So, enter an autistic advocate, who on an unconscious level is already undermining “the dream” just by existing, because that autistic advocate is a grown-up fully autistic version of the parent’s autistic child. When we have a child it’s difficult to imagine them as an adult, particularly as an adult that we really don’t want them to turn into, so to be shown that autistic children grow up to be autistic adults who are still just as autistic can be a shock.
