This week a friend asked me if Jack had gone through that "no" phase. (She is experiencing it right now with her own two-year-old.) I hesitated, and then said no. He had not. Now, this person knows Jack has autism. She knows that right now all of his language is prompted. That we go through flashcards everyday, hours of speech therapy each week, and facial exercises twice a day. She knows all of this. But she still said, "Oh, you are so lucky."
I am so lucky? I know it was not a comment meant to hurt. But it did. It cut, and I bled.
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