The Importance of Acceptance
Jude Morrow ??
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When my first book "Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad?" was released, I toured groups, and schools, all over the country, and it was as much benefit to me as it was to the people who were there because even if it was a group of very small children, I was like them, and they were like me, and there was this sort of underlying acceptance and understanding between ourselves.
I know that every parent in the world with an autistic child wants to do what's best for their children. Likewise, my parents did that for me, and the main reason they did that is that they absolutely accepted me for who I was. They didn't see me as someone who was broken or in need of repair or just completely outside of what the world perceived to be normal.
I go to groups because I wish there was a Jude Morrow that I could have spoken to when I was maybe 14 or 15 when I was having these identity struggles in my mind, and of course, if I come and visit your group, it'll only work in two positive ways. It means that the group members will themselves have hope, and for parents, those autistic children can grow up and be successful, happy, and thrive.
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