• atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I understand your fears. I live in the US. My son is autistic. My youngest brother is autistic. Both I and my youngest sister have ADHD.

    We were all diagnosed as children and my parents could only afford to help the worse off of us (my youngest brother) so that’s where their time, effort, and money went.

    I struggled for years. My sister struggled for years. Because there was no support for us.

    But I want you to understand that (as someone who suspects they also have Autism), the support for children with autism and ADHD far outweighs what is available for adults, and it might be more beneficial to him to give him support now than to allow him to suffer in some aspects without it.

    The support he’s already getting likely won’t cover everything.

    I would fight for your son and my son and all the others who could likely be affected by the current regime. Others will too. There’s so many more of us than people think and there’s power in that.

    At the end of the day your child and his care is your business. I’m sure you’ve thought this through a million times.

    I just wanted to express that there’s a downside to it.