Additionally, because your words have power, listen before you speak. And the same people you have been tasked with protecting are being crushed by them at the moment.
This is crucial, even if I am aware that this government does not place a great value on words and their ability to affect people.
She then addressed “every parent, to every educator, to every advocate, every self-advocate listening to this, and especially families who are just getting the diagnosis today.”
“Please don’t allow the stupidity of one individual to overshadow the reality of our daily lives. And never allow someone to dictate what your kid can achieve,”
Peete said. “Autism is not a family-destroying tragedy, the negative way that people speak on it, that’s the tragedy.”
According to Peete, her son has written her poetry, pays his taxes, and uses the restroom by himself. He joked that.
