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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I understand what you’re asking. My sister is autistic and adhd. My mom took her to therapist after therapist who taught “life skills” and “executive functioning”. My mom made sure my sister always had cool clothes and shoes to fit in (sounds dumb but my sister has no awareness of things like that and got picked on for still having light up shoes, so my mom fixed that quick).  My sister excelled in school, was able to focus and has a STEM masters. At the time, numerous doctors told my parents to not put her on Ritalin as the thought then was that it’s drugging kids.

My sister is mid 20s now and won’t speak to my parents. She is pissed about being forced to “mask “ and is pissed she wasn’t given Ritalin. One of her beefs is that she was taught to look people in the eye while speaking. I think my sister is crazy. Our parents were loving and very involved. I know if she had other parents she would have floundered. My sister isn’t a parent and I think your views change. She’s just a typical genz. [/quote]

I feel so bad for your poor parents who did so much for your sister and there she is all pissed. 
She is an adult now and she can stop masking and start wearing the light up shoes again and see how it goes. [/quote]

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