So I just wanted to vent a little on here. Long story short, my mom is constantly comparing my autistic son to my cousins toddler son who isn’t autistic, by saying omg her son talks so much and is so smart. Like I just don’t know why she doesn’t understand that my little cousin isn’t autistic and her grandson is! & how she doesn’t understand autistic children learn differently on there own way of learning!
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Well that’s rude ! But I’m a mother of an autistic child and before my mom knew she use to do the same thing but I remained calm and humble you should just start sending her things about autism and what it is and how they function ! Cause are kiddos are beyond SMART ! They are brilliant!!! So keep up with the amazing work and being a mother and an advocate before anything lol don’t crash out !

thank you for understanding and yeah I tried to explain it to her multiple times & she just doesn’t understand smh 🤦♀️ which makes me annoyed

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That’s rude!
I’m autistic myself and we are all different.
Keep doing what you’re doing

thank you and yes I agree! I’m just goin to have to send her more information about autism since she doesn’t even know

if she doesn’t know what it is or how to support your child then the best thing to do is definitely educate her and encourage her to make the right choices for your child

Autistic individual here. I'd point blank ask her if she's insinuating that different neurotypes aren't as smart as neurotypical people but do it through message and include a link explaining that we ARE just as smart as our peers. We just learn completely differently than others do.

Girl autism children are smart in there own way so not all children are same! My two year old has autism and he’s so smart and learning in he’s own pace!

thank you, I totally agree with you on this!

thanks girl! & yeah it just annoys me when my mom does that or says stuff like that smh

this is 100 percent true!