Sebastian Rubino writes a response to the coalition “Act Now for Severe Autism,” urging for more respect for all autistic people with any level of support needs.
People believe that if an autistic person can use the internet and navigate social media, they are “high functioning” and not truly disabled or “like their child.” Function labels are a myth.
Autistic people have difficulty with being interrupted, and this is often considered to be rigidity or related to emotion regulation. The truth is complicated.
Few words in behavioral science come with more controversy and contention than Asperger’s. This series focuses on the word, Asperger’s, and the many antagonists to
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