All families with children on the autism spectrum look different. Some face profound daily challenges that can be incomprehensible. Some of these challenges I may never face and may never understand. Some are still grieving the life they imagined for their child. I know my wife and I still grieve at times with the thought that I’ll ever may never play regular sports or live independently. Some are filled with joy at every hard-earned milestone. Most experience all of it, sometimes all in the same day. This journey is incredibly hard and every parent deserves compassion, support, and understanding. But what our children do not deserve is to be dehumanized. I don’t know if my son Oliver will ever pay taxes, play baseball, live independently, write a poem, or go on a date. And that's okay. Because none of those things determine his worth. What I do know is this: Oliver is incredibly strong. He is joyful beyond measure. He is kind. He is deeply loved and deeply loves. And we never let his diagnosis define his potential. So when the Secretary of Health and Human Services someone who should be championing all children uses his platform to spread fear, stigma, and long-debunked myths… we have to speak up. No, Mr. Kennedy, autism is not something “we are doing to our children.” Autistic children are our children. And they are not less because they are different. #autism #autismawareness #asd #father #parents #parenting #advocacy
If you are a runner and saying that a downhill course doesn’t count as a PR or shouldn’t count as a BQ….. Boston is a downhill course…. 😂😂😂 There’s this idea that if you run a downhill course and hit a Boston qualifying time, it somehow doesn’t ‘really count.’ But think about how flawed that is. We don’t disqualify PRs because of a cool day, a strong tailwind, or a flat course. Runners train for months, fight through pain, push through every mile—if they meet the standard, they earned it. Downhill or not, it’s still 26.2 miles. Let’s stop cherry-picking what qualifies effort and start celebrating the grind behind every finish line.
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