I Wish My Son’s Mental Illness Was More Like Autism

Children with chronic, complex mental illnesses deserve the same destigmatizing as ASD

Photo by Alireza Attari on Unsplash

The double doors of the clinic automatically opened when I walked towards them. Welcoming me into the sterile, neutral-toned, overly grey medical building. I noticed the check-in desk to the left. Living in Seattle for only three…