This video was prompted by a discussion I had on an autistic self advocacy Yahoo Group. For a long time, I have been concerned about what is presented as neurodiversity in the public. I recently jumped into a discussion on parental grief and what it means to parents to grieve for the lost opportunities and that much of that grief is centered around a sense of powerlessness to ultimately leave their child with the ability to be independent and live a happy life when the world is so cruel to ...