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Would you say society/schools/teachers/other parents treat your children with stigma due to disability?

I never really wanted kids, felt pressured, think I made a mistake as we endlessly short on cash, uphill, difficulties

Does society treat disabled sex as taboo because we shouldn't have children? I don't think I should've had children, I think it's sick that I was pressured to do such a thing?

So what is the life for high functioning Asperger female, then. (None) (dunno) (let's not talk about this)

Why are other people such Elon musk not ashamed of their children? Above link on Elon musk amazing take on education,

Hmmm,
Firstly Elon has too many kids nightmare, seriously not marry him for all the money in the world.
Then also concept of male kids need 3x amount of attention to learn to read and write, as we know boys are late developers, so if you didn't have a girl you missed the blessing. Maybe inventions space x robot that can homeschool boys, repeat same thing over until it sinks in. Wow, now that's so genius. Maybe if have kids on spectrum huge discount on Robi robot that does oth
Could think of few other built in functions but maybe just leave it at that.
So on last note, I can't keep unpotty trained dog, clog my aircon and smell, with that much money who needs a dog, sophisticated alarm system. I like my other son, he's evolved like me, doesn't nag for dogs and be annoying.er prolonged evolutionary tasks like wash your hands reminder (over and over and over again)

Yes. Extended family, as well.

But we do have a small circle of friends who love us, and they are absolutely cherished.



I think that many people consider reproduction among disabled/differently-abled folks as irresponsible at best, horrifying at worst. Which is really unfortunate. I do not believe that disability should preclude someone from having children.



I took this question to mean, not ashamed of the *number* of children he has. Is that accurate?



As a mom of many, I don't believe there's such a thing as "too many kids." I understand that folks can be happy with none, one, two, three, four, etc., and that's totally cool. Doesn't impact me one bit, the number of children someone else has.



Each kid is their own blessing. It has not been my experience that male children need 3x the amount of attention to learn anything -- let alone reading or writing. None of my kids are neurotypical, so *all* of them need more of me than my friends' kids need their mothers.

Perhaps, like so many other experiences I've had, my family doesn't fit in the same boxes as the general population. It's possible that male kids need more attention/time for certain skills (or perhaps current educational systems and methods favor girls over boys, creating a perception that boys are more high-need).



This is one line I won't be standing in. I prefer to do the job myself.

I don't prohibit other disabled people from having choice to have family or even large family, coping is their delena, not mine.

But if female Asperger wants access to sterilisation, Nd cost and access...does she not have right.
What I'm saying is female aspergers, some of us are very different from other woman. Yet society thinks we just got in and have kids.

Elon musk has no concept of reality facing most families of the stigma of having disabled kids. My son's colour blind referral for a test, was a means to make me look like a dysfunctional incubator, his being kept back on grammar made us look stupid and treated as such.
My years of primary school were miserable experience,
It's not prejudice but son's need speech therapy and lot more, don't think dad extend sick leave to fulfill any of these appointments, unfair as my career took downturn on extra work son needed, but on divorce with no maintenance....I was expected pick up bills and render equality straight face.

If general anaesthesia is cognitive decline issue, a working Asperger female who pays medical aid may have option to sterilize under epidural or spinal tap if she seems it more effective than injection, and has every right with disability to choose not to have children. I say this so as to recognise pressure on woman to fall pregnant, or need to depend on a man may result in decision to stop injection which results in unhappiness when she realises suffering her autistic child endures, loneliness, and that with autism the inclusion in mainstream schools is showing to not work. Also risk of low functioning child who may never be able to work which isn't ideal life. Sorry.

Furthermore society should be forced to accept us for our intellectual gifts, whether society or men like it or not. Not all woman are equal, some better at sports, I'm not one of those sadly it's rare to be gifted with both physical and intellectual gifts at same time. Many of my struggles as mother were not playing with my son who had ADHD, who probably needed it whereas my autistic son never notice. Certain areas like having social connections to provide that is huge disability, and until autism has more job security as in holding down job conditions etc. then what I say is very valid choice that a woman has over birth control when disability is concerned.