Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

autism inclusion to deflect from criticisms of lack of disability inclusion

YES! Extrapolation of "oh he has no social skills- he must be on the spectrum"-ableist nonsense using autism as scapegoat!

True story: I was once told literally to ignore a HS teacher making highly inappropriate sexual comments to

14-17 year old girls because “he’s got Aspergers issues, he can’t help it. Don’t upset him, we need him.”

ugh, though misogyny in te autism community is a real problem & autistic men who @OtherSociology

behave inappropriately have been coasting on the "he can't help it" excuse for a long time @OtherSociology

autistic women have been working to dismantle the "he can't help it" & "he just doesn't understand" @OtherSociology

but I've also had ppl excuse men treating me badly with "well he might be autistic" @OtherSociology