“Sacred Flaws”: Cling to Them, or Change and Grow?

Psychology Today | 14.10.2026 20:43
I was recently working with the parent of a young adult who has identified as autistic and transgender, ways of being in the world this parent struggles to understand and for which acceptance does not come easily. This parent is heroically striving to repair their strained relationship. They emailed this to me recently (quoted and lightly edited with permission):