I'd do anything to make my autistic daughter happy but I feel like a walking mum-fail
Briefly

But I was having the opposite effect on her: I was underplaying her distress, and it scared her, and shook her faith in me. How could she get any help if I didn't accept there was a problem?
Often it feels like we're living in an alternative reality, where we can't be a true version of ourselves with our own kid.
Every neurodivergent child is different from the next, and other parents I've spoken to have gone on their own voyage of discovery to explore their child's needs.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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