When Pryce Muller chanced upon a show about drag queens, he and his family finally found a way to communicate with each other.
There is nothing Pryce Muller is more passionate about than the colourful costumes and animated dance moves of drag queen s." he would find his way into my stashes of heels, glitter, anything shimmery," she said.'You're not like us'
"Pryce went up to wait in line … and the boy said: 'You're not coming to my party, you're not invited, you're not like us'.Ms Muller gets emotional as she explains how Pryce was excluded by peers at school.The Muller family have been watching the popular TV show RuPaul's Drag Race together for more than a decade.Pryce at his drag-themed 21st birthday party.Fiona said drag "lit a switch" in her son and has helped her to communicate with him.
Fiona hoped that by telling her story, more parents would understand the benefits of embracing the interests of their children who live with autism.ABC Newcastle: Jesmine CheongClinical psychologist Rachel Grove is a chancellor's research fellow at the University of Sydney and has done extensive research on understanding autistic traits.
Ms Muller says drag lit a switch in her son and for the first time he wanted to participate in something.Dr Grove said parents with autistic children might need to find different ways of connecting with their kids.
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