Acceptance is a word that gets thrown around a lot in April, but I think for most of us it's not a poster — it's a hundred small choices. For me, acceptance has meant: - Letting my kid stim in public and not shushing him because strangers are looking. - Stopping the running commentary on what he "should" be doing at his age. - Asking him what he wants help with, instead of assuming. - Pushing back (gently) on professionals who frame autism as a list of deficits. It has not meant pretending chal…