‘My kids don’t want hugs and kisses’: The cultural dimension of travel with autistic children
- As an autistic parent, I feel the weight of generations judging my autistic children’s behavior.
- Because their autism is invisible, I often get the dreaded comment: they don’t look autistic.
- The best way to support your autistic children is to listen to them, and sometimes this will require you to stand up against tradition.
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