Advocacy
Advocacy If you ever hear me Advocating For Autistic accommodations, Know genuinely that this is Necessary, Empowering especially, For self-confidence, vitality A thriving-mind mentality. Don't label this as defensiveness, Or ‘soft parenting’, let's not regress, For ‘Labels’ both shield AND PUSH progress, I too say no to ‘excuses’ But it's hard, so hard, to 'do the right thing', Parental-guilt’s at large, not parental-slacking, Fighting, freezing, flight, appeasing, All takes it's toll, life’s more than breathing. Advocacy, arguably and appropriately, Debilitatingly? No, socially, educationally, Is giving Autists wings to soar; I know excusing or defending ways Would only serve to clip them more! I advocate for her, for sure - For She is not a flightless bird, And I am not an ostrich. A Wensley 16/10/2025