If you love someone on the autism spectrum, know your work and advocacy can make a huge difference. My parents made a significant impact in my journey growing up with autism.
They never gave up on me, especially when it came to fighting for services during my early intervention. In 1992, not many people were actually talking about autism in the mainstream media.
That at times made it difficult to not only get resources, but to find resources. Research was important at the time as well because technology and the internet (if you can remember the times of dial-up modems) was still very up-and-coming.
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