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[quote=Anonymous]Most normal people would not judge a child for having anxiety or adhd.

Most normal people would judge a parent who felt concealing his children’s medical diagnoses that affect social behaviors is more important than having friends.

Op, the fact that you guys don’t have many or any friends you socialize with - that is going to obviously clue people in to the fact that your family has issues. And the thing is, you have young kids. As your children age, everyone, from the clerk at the store to the art teacher, is going to likely be aware that there are some issues. Autism is autism. You won’t need to explain it all the time, but you are going to need to accept your children and help them accept themselves. How are they going to learn self advocacy if you do not have the balls to say, hey, buddies, my kids have some special needs and we have to do some accommodations that are kind of hard for other people to understand right now. We’d love to socialize more but a trip may be beyond us right now. Please let’s revisit

I’ve been open and honest with my group of friends. And now that my kids are older - we can go. And they are so happy and inclusive and supportive. If I had refused to go and not explained, they’d have stopped inviting us but I kept it open. I need them. And it’s been so great. Your kids are going to get easier. But you need to practice acceptance and allow them to accept themselves.[/quote]

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