parents of children with autism who feel left out of much of the conversation around the condition.

Oh yea, totally. The parents of autistic children are hardly ever heard from 🙄

We have moved from viewing disability through a purely medical lens — as something broken to be fixed

YOU CAN’T FIX IT!! god, why do people think if you invest enough tech points in an issue anything is possible? Just completely treat it as magic. I hate this attitude and it is so pervasive. You see people calling for conversion therapy with language like this too. Lots of disabilities are just- not fixable.

There’s a resistance to parents who wish their children were less disabled

I- I think everyone wishes your child was less disabled.