As neuroaffirming (and usually also neurodivergent) parents, we have often already moved to a position of radical acceptance. Our lives are as they are. We aren’t trying to change them. Our young people are as they are. We aren’t trying to change them. It brings a lot of peace. To live as we do, to...Read More

There’s a weird thing that happens with autistic people’s interests. They get called “special interests”. People get really concerned about autistic people engaging in these “special interests”. Things that any other neurotypical person would call a hobby or a passion. They are labelled as “too obsessive” and “too restrictive”. People intentionally try to interrupt them,...Read More