Dear Beautiful one, How are you doing? I have a short story today. There was a man who recently passed away from cancer. Before he did, he had gone to over 100 special needs homes for his autistic son. Someone say, ‘ Father of the Year . He was a single father who dedicated his life to caring for his son. One thing scares me more than snakes and heights: “What will happen to my brother when we as his family are no more?” But more context: My brother has autism, and he is not non-verbal; he has limited words, but we are building those words for him on a gradual level, and we are actively trying to build his independence. But the future. There is nothing that gives me more anxiety than that. And nothing makes me happier than when I see people put things in place for their child with a disability. But let’s be honest; we are in Nigeria. I manage a community of special-needs families, and I know not many of them have the privilege of travelling abroad for more opportunities for their child...
Hiiii. Welcome to another Wisdom Wednesday, and today, I want to talk about Autism. I know, right — shocker. So, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how our brains are wired, and it brought me back to a question that comes up all the time in conversations about neurodiversity. Is autism hereditary? Of course, many sites say it is not, but recently I have started seeing some signs. I know someone who has a brother with Autism, and now she has a child with Autism. When she told me, this is how I looked. But in reality, I was like this in my head. Press enter or click to view image in full size ‘You say what?’ Apparently, genetics actually plays a massive role. The data shows that if there’s already an autistic person in the family, whether that’s a parent, a sibling, or an aunt, the chances of having another neurodivergent family member increase a little bit. But here’s why I really wanted to talk about this today. For decades, there was unfair stigma and misin...