CHRISTMAS 2022

I’m Dreaming of a Right Christmas

Autismas, a Christmas for the Autistic.

2 min readDec 25, 2022

**Image by** **Zmiter** / **shutterstock.com**
**Image Edits by** **Keira Fulton-Lees**

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Unlike the ones’ we’ve always known
Where the parents listen
To their Autistic children
And only speak the words that help them grow

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Unlike the ones’ we’ve spent alone
Where the word Autism
Is free from all stigma
And never hears the Ableist words you chose

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Where the doors for us are not always closed
And nonverbal children
Hear words that are spoken
They understand more than you will ever know

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
It’s not like being Autistic is a life we chose
And when we’ve misspoken
Doesn’t mean that we’re broken
And “As we are” is accepted across the globe

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Unlike the ones’ we’ve ever known
Where the word “Acceptance”
Means not less, only different
And “Who we are” is not something others own

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Just like all others of our kind
We must Mask feeling merry, and bright
While you tell us that we just “aren’t right”

I’m dreaming of a Right Christmas
Just like the ones we hope to know
Where Atypicals have risen
And “Equality” is a given
Only then will all our Christmas’ be right

May your days be merry, not bright!
And may all your Autismas’ be right…