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A series of tweets from people whose usernames and icons have been censored. It says:
One of my autistic kids just walked in and was like, "Huh, I just thought of this, so I haven't thought this through, but the behaviors most associated with autism are things autistic people do when we're upset."
Not great, society.
She described a situation in which neurotypical parents were asking autistic adults questions and some parents were like, "My kid doesn't have meltdowns. Does that mean he isn't autistic?" and autistic people were like, "No, that means he's happy."
We can't distinguish autistic behavior from trauma because our current society produces no un-traumatized autistic people.
@anarkidatabase
One of my autistic kids just walked in and was like, "Huh, I just thought of this, so I haven't thought this through, but the behaviors most associated with autism are things autistic people do when we're upset."
Not great, society.
She described a situation in which neurotypical parents were asking autistic adults questions and some parents were like, "My kid doesn't have meltdowns. Does that mean he isn't autistic?" and autistic people were like, "No, that means he's happy."
We can't distinguish autistic behavior from trauma because our current society produces no un-traumatized autistic people.
@anarkidatabase