“I prefer nonspeaking as I understand all language. Non-verbal suggests I don’t understand language and doesn’t represent how I love language.”
Non-autistic people have a habit of tone policing autistics, sending the message that to be heard, one must communicate as if they are not autistic.
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Particularly autistic females learn how to camouflage/mask in order to fit in. One of the things we often use is movie talk. What is that?
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