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A succinct and easy to use resource providing robust responses to commonly used parent-blaming narratives.
 
Parents and carers of autistic children report how blaming narratives are a barrier to accessing useful support for their children.
 
As a parent, it can sometimes feel impossible to advocate for your child (and for yourself) when faced with blaming comments.
 
By referring to academic literature as its evidential base, this resource collates neuro-affirming counterarguments for ten of the most frequently appropriated blaming narratives often experienced by autistic families when attempting to source service provision.
 
Designed to support autistic people and their allies when self-advocating, this guide would also prove useful for those professionals wishing to improve their practice by considering service support through a neuro-affirming lens.
 
Compiled by Alice Running
 
Alice Running is an autistic woman and mother to neurodivergent children. She is an author and writer with an academic interest in the use of parental blame within autism support services. She holds a PgCert in Autism and has contributed to academic texts relating to autism theory and social work practice.