Never compromise who you are in order to make others happy. Our differences are what make us unique and we should embrace them! If we lived our lives with this mindset, there would be no need for labels and ideologies that separate us based on ability.
Raising awareness about autism is a challenging task. We assume that people should just accept those things that are different in others but that is often not the case. So we have to speak out a little louder, push a little harder, work a little longer in order to support those we love with autism.
Disability rights are often not automatic. Advocating for equal access is necessary if each one of us in society is to benefit from the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness penned in our Constitution.
As parents, we devote so much of ourselves to our children...but we have to take time out to support our own physical, mental and emotional well-being for our own sake as well as for the sake of our children.
