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My daughter wasn't diagnosed until her 20s, but we always knew she was unique. I personally feel like the faces of Autism are as varied as the number of stars in the sky. She struggles to this day to fit in, even among others "like her." I very much appreciate your voice, because I see the same search for self, for acceptance, that I try to help her with daily. Thank you for being so raw. It means a lot.

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“The Autism/Autistic community is not home. And it is not safe. 

This community was just as broken as I was. Just as fractured. How could it serve me if it couldn’t even serve itself?”

Thank you for so beautifully articulating this. We need more voices pointing this out. I heard adrienne maree brown recently sat on her podcast “identity is not community”. Learned that one the hard way.

Always love your writing. Thank you.

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