Peter Wynn
2 min readJul 28, 2021

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I am vehemently opposed to a cure for neurodiversity, BUT, in the same breath, I would say that if one ever existed, and I had any control over access to it, I would say this: "Parents will NOT be able to access it for their kids and it will be treated like puberty blockers and cochlear ear implants." What's the connection? I hear you ask. The verbal diarrhoea from one right-wing politician that parents of transkids are forcing them to take puberty blockers because the parents wanted a boy but got a girl or vice versa is just that. Most times, they have a kid who is experiencing deep depression so they have them assessed and they are put on puberty blockers, IF, in the view of the medical team, they are needed. If the child wants to stop them, they can, and puberty will begin as usual.

I have known of parents of kids who are unable to hear, who have had their kids have cochlear ear implants and when the kid reaches adulthood, they have an operation to have the implant removed.

The focus has got to be not upon what the parents want for the child, but for what the child wants for themselves. It is understandable that parents want the best for their child, but it is more important that they have happy, well-adjusted, well-grounded kids, and in that case, and in many others, that can mean making sacrifices and parents having to accept the child they have not the child they want. In the case of a transkid, if the PARENTS wanted a boy but got a girl and the child is cisgender, well, they have to accept it. If, however, the child has gender dysphoria, the parents should accept they have a dysphoric child and help them to transition, not force dangerous conversion therapy onto them. The same as with a child who cannot hear, or see, or whatever. To want what's best for the child is an act of love, to not consider the child's interests and desires and live your life through your kids, defies humanity.

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Peter Wynn
Peter Wynn

Written by Peter Wynn

Diagnosed with autism at 35. Explained a lifetime of difference.

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