The TikTok creator, hatmaker, and star of Netflix's Love on the Spectrum is about to celebrate her three-year anniversary with costar David
“She’s a mermaid who wanted to be with the humans, just like how I wanted to be with neurotypical people,” she says. “And when she finally became human, she couldn’t talk. She felt isolated and alone. And that’s how I felt.” She struggled with communication, and had immense difficulty joining conversations. “I wanted to speak but the words wouldn’t come out,” she recalls.
Christine is similarly enamored with David. “He is one of the kindest, sweetest, most heroic men I’ve ever gotten to meet,” she says. “He understands her, he understands her autism. When she has a sensory trigger, he can notice it and help her calm down, and he is the biggest gift I could ever hope for. And I know we all want that for our children, whether they’re on the spectrum or not.”
Christine, a former entertainment industry professional who quit her job to raise Abbey and her brother on her own after becoming a single mother when Abbey was six, is wounded by the criticism of her parenting, particularly when it comes from other members of the autistic community. “People say what you’re doing is wrong, that you shouldn’t do that therapy for her, that she should be living on her own and driving a car,” she says. “I try to remember that person’s in pain.
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