In case you missed it, Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and Kristina Chew of Autism Vox were featured on Good Morning America piece called "Autistic and Proud." You can watch the video clip or read and comment on the article.
I have to say, Diane Sawyer made me roll my eyes with her patronizing pop psych analysis of parents as trying to put a good face on "heartbreak." As a friend of mine, who is the parent of an autistic son once told me, we all deal with the diagnosis differently. Some of us may throw ourselves into looking for a reason or a cure. Some may make it a personal mission to learn disability law. Some may try to hide differences. Some may try to change differences. Some may try to accept differences.
Call it a coping mechanism if you will, Ms. Sawyer, but if so, you've got to put all of us -- from the parents using chelation on their children to the parents who wouldn't cure autism if they could and everyone in between -- into the same pot.
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