An autistic community member has a question for our autistic community members. Ive been reading the post and comments about how loving ones child but hating their autism cant work, and I wholeheartedly agree. My problem is that I was raised by a mother who loved me, but hated my autism. She had no idea how to handle my autism-related needs, and typically responded by treating my resulting behaviors like willful disobedience, rather than attempts to communicate. Im specifically interested in advice on how you process/face your own feelings in this situation. I am not willing to cut contact with my mother: we still play key roles in one anothers lives, and I do believe she was doing the best she could to raise me with what little information she had. But my inner child who never got the support she needed still grieves. Do you also grieve, and if so, how you do help yourself do it in a safe, loving, healthy way?
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:04:52 +0000
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