Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet

🇦🇷 INCREDIBLE Through Ball From Argentina! ⚽

Trying to find a “cure” for autism while taking away the supports autistic people need to survive is such a wild take and completely contradictory. We see their true intentions. You can’t say you’re trying to help autistic people while cutting the very supports that help us live, work, learn, and participate in society. 💁🏽 Shall we focus on curing brainworms instead? 🐛 #autistic #autism #neurodivergent #disabilityrights #inclusivity

I share this for awareness. Not for sympathy. Not for attention. But because this is the reality many families in the disability community live with every single day. We never think it will be our child. We never think it will be our family. Until it is. Today, I lived through one of my worst nightmares as a parent. When I picked my son up from school, I was told he had a very difficult day. He was dysregulated, upset, and struggling to calm his body. I was also told that while he was trying to