Dr. Megan Anna Neff
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1,098 appearances
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first heard Jul 2023
last heard Jun 2025
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well, there's going to be no demands and my child can stay in their room all day on screens forever.
And like, is that actually supportive?
I don't think so.
And I feel really anxious saying that.
This is where I find we bump into the limits of the burnout conversation in the sense of, or maybe we just bump into a different conversation around some of the problems of how modern society is set up.
Like we were never meant to do this alone.
And the systems do not support families and especially autistic parents and children.
Parents of autistic kids.
And this is where I want to punt the conversation to be a systemic issue because it is a systemic issue.
But then the systems aren't there to support us.
So it becomes an us thing to solve.
And it's also where privilege gets pulled in around how much access do we have to restructuring things or to doing things differently or to taking reprieve time.
So it's a really complex conversation.
And to not fall into helplessness.
Some of the things that have been supportive that I consider are, in general, how do we build a lifestyle, a home that is more gentle on all of our systems, sensory systems, nervous systems?
How do we develop language around what's happening?
So I feel like I'm a broken record, but I talk about clashing sensory needs a lot.
Do we have language for that?
Do we have language for nervous system breaks?
Can we develop a family culture where it's normal to need to step away and take a moment?
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