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There are a lot of books written about parenting an Autistic child. There are very few books written about being a parent who is Autistic. The two are different topics.

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There are a lot of books written about parenting an Autistic child. There are very few books written about being a parent who is Autistic. The two are different topics. The literature has covered one and forgotten the other.

Some of us are Autistic and parenting Autistic children. Some of us are Autistic and parenting non Autistic children. Some of us became parents before we knew we were Autistic, and have been working out, in real time, what that means about the years we have already spent doing this.

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