Understanding Autism and Inclusive Learning

We may change the name of things; but their nature and their operation on the understanding never change.

The human desire to be understood is never quite sincere. It is on our own terms that we desire to be understood, not on the terms of truth.

You didn't lose a child to autism. You lost a child because the child you waited for never came into existence. That isn't the fault of the autistic child who does exist, and it shouldn't be our burden. We need and deserve families who can see us and value us for ourselves, not families whose vision of us is obscured by the ghosts of children who never lived. Grieve if you must, for your own lost dreams. But don't mourn for us. We are alive. We are real. And we're here waiting for you.