As I did care web workshops, and as I lived in a small community in Seattle before and during the pandemic—a community that traded-off errands, food drop-offs, and housecleaning for each other—as I got deeper and deeper into figuring out my own care and access needs, especially around being autistic and plural, as we more and more dive deep into

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What I’ve found since 2020 is that there is some relief in acknowledging the Here. While I believe my son’s life may be materially worse off than my own, I think about how it could possibly be better too — psychologically, spiritually, and collectively. I think about how many of the social problems we lament — the mental health crisis among young

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