As a parent, I understand how completely lost many feel when they want what’s best for their child, but they don’t know where to begin. As a disabled person myself, well-meaning parents can be the most frustrating roadblock against any kind of progress toward disabled people living better lives. While there’s no specific checklist that we reference to measure whether a parent is supportive of autistic liberation or subjugation, many autistic adults observe patterns of parent behavior that might lead us to feel cautious. When autistic advocates come across a parent who has demonstrated a number
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