And a lot of the time the question of parenthood is, 父母常常面对的问题是 what do we validate in our children, 孩子在哪些方面值得肯定 and what do we cure in them? 哪些方面需要治愈？ Jim Sinclair, a prominent autism activist, said,
And I said to her, "What do you think you did 我对她说， "你觉得你做了什么 that helped him to emerge as this charming, accomplished, wonderful person?" 帮他成为一个有魅力、成功、精彩的人吗?" And she said, "
Should she say, "You're just like everyone else but a little bit shorter?" 她应该说“你和其他人一样，只是矮了点儿”？ Or should she try to construct some kind of dwarf identity, 还是去试图建立某种小矮人身份认同 get involved
I thought a lot about the mother of one disabled child I had seen, 我想起我见过的一个残疾孩子的母亲 a severely disabled child who died through caregiver neglect. 这个有严重残疾的孩子，因为照料不周而去世 And when his ashes were interred,
