I would love to see parents embrace this concept of dignity of risk and allow their children the right to take chances and make mistakes. I would love to see parents recognize that their children are capable of wonderful things, and the things that they are capable of matter much more than what society says they “should” be capable of. Every person is able to express autonomy and deserves the right to do so. Autistic lives like mine are not a tragedy, but when you take away someone’s right to direct their own life on the basis of their support needs, you take away their ability to live the
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