Looking for input from some autistic adults. Iām being extremely cautious as I navigate this diagnosis. I want to be jacks best advocate. I want to keep him just the way he is but help him through the hard parts. Something I struggle with is others comments or glares. Glares like I canāt control my kid from people at parks or in public. Comments from adults but also other kids. āWhy doesnāt he talk?ā āWhyās he doing that?ā I donāt want to use his autism as an excuse because maybe itās not autism, maybe he likes holding his ears, maybe he thinks your boring, maybe he doesnāt want to talk to you??! I know I donāt owe anybody any explanations but I also want them to include him and to play with him despite what they think is weird and to understand heās just wanting to play too even if he gets clingy or overwhelmed. I donāt want this to sound like Iām ashamed or like this is about me wanting to Validate to strangers. Thatās why Iām asking in the actually autistic tag. Whatās my best way as a mom to handle these moments for him? With him?











