Rebecca writes of this day and the impact so well. I personally know so many parents who have been pushed to their breaking point. My heart aches.
open.substack.com/pub/rebekahc...

Well mass importing leads to some strange things. That didn't age well.. back then I was still married to a man and didn't realise that I actually am queer. Still love linguistics though!

(e) experiment - I also see lot of autistics trying different things to try to figure out what works but feeling too unsupported to discuss these experiments with the prescriber and get guidance and support to do this safely and effectively

(c) lose trust - it can be so so so hard for me to encourage someone to seek medical care when they (accurately) argue the "they don't get/believe/understand me"

it is pretty hard to convince someone that you are not drug seeking or exaggerating side effects on your own if they don't believe you. This is really infuriating and leads my clients to

Please be tender today. Many are feeling attacked and shamed for not sending their children to a place that isn't working for them - yet! It doesn't have to be like this

🤦‍♀️ I meant normally AVOIDABLE errors

And so today I treat myself to this delightful panna cotta, because we all need some joy and colour and sparkle right about now

I have seen some incredible educators, disability workers, and health care workers step up and dig so deep. I see you and I see the cracks from the enormous strain

Systems I rely on are stretched to the point of making normally unavoidable errors and creating some huge pressures on the families I work with

So grateful when they let my autistic clients wait in the car instead of a packed waiting room.

Really, this should be more of an option, safer with covid and a really key disability accommodation

I can do most of it if I have the right equations and illustrations, but dropped out of my engineering before we got to this content and my autistic students need me to level up!

Option 1 - Sky Pirate
Option 2 - Destiny's Bounty