Struggles of Being Black and Autistic, with Tiffany Hammond - Autism Knows No Borders Podcast
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Tiffany Hammond describes the struggles of being Black and autistic.
Tiffany Hammond is an autism self-advocate, a mother to two boys on the spectrum, and the voice behind the blog Fidgets and Fries. As a Black and autistic woman, Tiffany aims to educate others about autism and intersectional advocacy.
This is an excerpt from an interview with Tiffany Hammond for the podcast Autism Knows No Borders.
This is an excerpt from an interview with Tiffany Hammond for the podcast Autism Knows No Borders.
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I can relate to what she said about family members not accepting her child's diagnosis because he is verbal. This is the case with my daughter. She is very articulate and creative so people think I am making a big deal of nothing but they don't see the whole picture.
Educating family members can be challenging, especially when there are hierarchies in place. What has worked for you in communicating your child's needs with your family?
@@GlobalAutismProject It's not just family but friends as well and people in other circles that we are part of. However, I am her Mom and I do the work. I try to explain and if they refuse to accept what I am saying, it's okay. They are allowed to be wrong.
I agree. Ive spent most of my life undiagnosed and it was through working with so many autistic children and being able to understand their thinking so simply that it made me reflect on my masking and my ability to code switch as means of never being recognized as autistic. I have all of the desires to meltdown, react exaggeratively, and even laugh at something i didnt realize i wasnt supposed to. Given the violence I’ve experienced and immediacy of lethality from my environments i wasn’t granted the same space of consideration to be autistic. Let your daughter know that even tho she is wired different she will be able to explore spaces within herself that others could never dream of. And let that be the foundation of her art and work to share what she truly feels and cannot present to others. Its rough but dammit can it be beautifully surreal at times.
When you said there is an incredible stigma with any type of diagnosis in the black community in that we're ghosts that hit home so hard tears immediately are pouring out of my eyes and my heart is racing you hit the nail on the head!!
It's so hard to express it and it's so isolating.
Tiffany has a gift of expressing how she's feeling in a way that others can relate to. Have you watched the whole interview?
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@@GlobalAutismProject thanks..
I noticed the changes in my child and got him to a neurologist. It took less than a year to get a diagnosis after several tests. My family did not want to accept it!
"chile ain't nothing wrong with him" 42 years of hearing that before getting my Dx. I'd be curious to know how many people in our (black) community are shut in's and keep their Dx to themselves.
also I think the sister is waiting on her to start the conversation. My sister loves me and she just wanted me to share when I was ready.
Bby the way that title was cut off? It said "Tiffany H-" thinking Tiffany Haddish chile... Wheww had me happy and confused asf.😭😭
Thank you for this. My child is autistic and he gets overlooked by everyone. My oldest shows signs as well. I know I must advocate. I’m currently trying to do the best I can.
It's like we're ghost's. Whew!
Tiffany is bringing so much awareness to these overlooked intersectional experiences. What part stood out to you the most?
Bcuz of past ideologies…all black children were labeled as young…gifted and black! And to be labeled anything other than that was a stigma! The reason why it’s not that much research is bcuz we are the ones who said…girl ain’t nothing wrong with him…ain’t nothing wrong with her…it’s just the teacher…the care giver…the Daddy…the X.Y.Z! We never even entertained that our kids could possibly be “ not gifted” or “disabled!” Black People still feel that they shouldn’t go about placing labels on their children bcuz society already sees them as behind/incapable/less than or at a disadvantage! So why call them something that will disable them even more! We have to break the cycle of that in order to give our children the proper support they need but we also have to be mindful that they don’t over diagnose our children as well so it’s a double edge sword! I am black and a mother of an autistic child and I too know the struggles! Culture did play a big part in that sense! We didn’t seek diagnosis bcuz of the stigma and that’s our fault and ours alone but that’s slowly changing! Once you know better…you do better and That’s all!
Exactly this! My mother was a single parent and worked herself to the bone to send me to private school because she wanted to avoid me having the same experience as her at school in London in the late 60’s. (Google substandard schools scandal and West Indian children). Spent my whole life being told “there’s something wrong with you”, “they must have given me the wrong baby at the hospital” when she was irritated with me when if she listened to my complaints of overwhelm and loosing of keys and “must try harder” “disruptive” school reports she would have known there was a simple answer and that I need specific help. Instead she got me tutors and dished out physical punishment in frustration. She just didn’t want me labelled when in fact I was being labelled as a problem/ lazy/ child because of the lack of accommodations. It’s likely she had undiagnosed ADHD so appreciate she was just doing her best and that she was probably often emotionally dysregulated.
Thankyou so much for sharing. Much love to you!
First of all my future wife is black and autistic I'm white and autistic we both love each other and respect our cultural differences but we also have a great and amazing passionate life together I love her for everything she is not just her skin color that is just a part of being in love with someone you can't help their skin color love trumps all that unnecessary social prejudgment that is why we choose to love our differences and cherish each other it's really quite simple don't look at it from a race standpoint that is wrong
I just wanna say, people say all races have different types of autism. People can have different types of autism no matter what race you are.
its not a stigma for autistic people in the black community, its ANYONE whos different.
Yes it is, but she’s black so she’s talking about how that stigma manifests specifically in the black community. I’ve explained this a lot to people so my best suggestion for you to understand this is to search for a lot of black American perspective you’ll get a good image of how it manifests with us. Also, it’s disrespectful to silence a group of people by saying everyone. When someone you’re talking to says they’re feeling a certain way or they went through this and how it affected them, you don’t blurt out “WELL IT AFFECTS EVERYONE”, that’s rude.
@@philasopherr no sir. I'm saying the stigma of any type of person different in the black community is a struggle. You can't even be into anime or things like that without being criticized. Also sir you don't know me. I'm half black and I was also raised in the black communities. I know what I'm talking about. We can have a proper conversation about this somewhere else but I don't like to go back and forth in text.
@@arthurjohnson6240 true, but we’re talking about and centering black autistic people right now.
@@arthurjohnson6240 I get your point, Art. If you aren't athletic or "hood" you are uncool.
She’s not even talking about you learn your place.
happiness in my heart my autistic son speaking and behavior is ok, God will continue to bless #DrEhizogie on channel...
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There is not a stigma in the black community.