I totally want to join team mock the made-up diseased people, but it’s easy to do that when it’s not you. I have two autistic boys and I’m told either A) I must be a sucky parent (sometimes I won’t argue that), B) it must be in their genes, or C) nothing is wrong and it’s totally fine to behave the way they do - who says you should be able to speak functionally anyways?

We’re in a mess, people. Blaming anxiety, the parents, or what have you is not helping. People are not all right, and making light of it doesn’t help.