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Stigma against autistic parents

BurnCalories

How can I get a reputable organisation or professional individual to confirm that being autistic does not make you a bad parent? Yes autistic parents can have parenting challenges but these are no higher than the parenting challenges faced by non-autistic parents. My ex is using this to ask the judge to reduce my time with my child. Thanks!

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  • I would say that any judge who used autism in the way your former partner is arguing for would be potentially guilty of discrimination on the grounds of disability. That is certainly one angle to argue in your favour. The following academic review of the literature available on autistic parenting might give you good ammunition to show that autistic people do not automatically make bad parents: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/aut.2024.0181

    If you can show that autistic parents are not automatically poor at parenting, with the support of similar studies, then the judge will be forced to examine your particular history of parenting without reference to your autistic status.

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  • I would say that any judge who used autism in the way your former partner is arguing for would be potentially guilty of discrimination on the grounds of disability. That is certainly one angle to argue in your favour. The following academic review of the literature available on autistic parenting might give you good ammunition to show that autistic people do not automatically make bad parents: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/aut.2024.0181

    If you can show that autistic parents are not automatically poor at parenting, with the support of similar studies, then the judge will be forced to examine your particular history of parenting without reference to your autistic status.

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