This column is an opinion by Sarah Doll, an Edmonton disability advocate and mother of two autistic children. For more information about CBC’s Alberta election 2023 opinion series, visit the My Priority home page.
When my oldest child was diagnosed with autism nearly five years ago, I was so relieved.
My experience up to that point was solely in trying to understand autism, a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with others and interacts with the world. The hours of research, the doom-scrolling through parent support groups and the nights I laid awake worrying about the future had taken
