autisticmaxcarrigan:

it makes me so sad how disabled children are never really allowed to be children. Abled children can throw tantrums and be loud and be obnoxious but when we did it we were ‘violent’ or ‘exhibiting challenging behaviour’ and we got sent to conversion therapy while the neurotypical kids got to just go on time-out for 15 minutes. Abled 5 year old goes through a biting phase, her parents give her a talking to, autistic 5 year old goes through a biting phase, her mom kills her. Abled 5 year old throws a tantrum, she’s just in a bad mood and not behaving, 5 year old with Down’s throws a tantrum, her parents don’t deserve this, they truly are amazing for putting up with her. We’re expected to be stoic little inspirations from day one and it’s so terrifying.