Jim Sinclair (activist) Quotes

Jim Sinclair is an autism-rights movement activist who, with fellow autistics Kathy Lissner Grant and Donna Williams, formed Autism Network International in 1992. Sinclair became the original coordinator of ANI. Wikipedia

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Jim Sinclair (activist) Quotes

“You didn't lose a child to autism. You lost a child because the child you waited for never came into existence. That isn't the fault of the autistic child who does exist, and it shouldn't be our burden. We need and deserve families who can see us and value us for ourselves, not families whose vision of us is obscured by the ghosts of children who never lived. Grieve if you must, for your own lost dreams. But don't mourn for us. We are alive. We are real. And we're here waiting for you.”

Jim Sinclair (activist)

"Don't Mourn for Us" (1993)

Children , Family , Dreams , Waiting

“When parents say”

Jim Sinclair (activist)

"Don't Mourn for Us" (1993)

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