After all what would autistic self advocates possibly know about being autistic! 
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Why would an autistic person able to self-advocate know what it would be like to be an autistic person utterly disabled by the condition? How would that work?
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Autism is just autism. There is no 'mild' or 'severe'. Some autistic people also have other conditions, like learning disabilities, just like some non autistic people do. No-one is saying that being autistic doesn't come with challenges.
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So your claim is autism affects all autistic people to exactly the same degree, & the kids I met who sat in their own shit, & screamed if you tried to help them, or indeed, interact with them at all, might have been autistic, but it wasn't what was causing that behavior? Really?
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It's a spectrum, but not one from mild to severepic.twitter.com/qgr7R6doBX
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Autistic people will have an individual mix of autistic traits, also sometimes accompanied by co-occuring conditions. The children you talked about would seem to have a range of conditions & talking just about autism is not going to get them the help they need.pic.twitter.com/8wdidduYtF
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I don't know why you're sending me cartoons. I'm perfectly able to grasp that point that autism might express itself through multiple interlocking phenomena, including both abilities & disabilities (where the latter are at least partly contextual on social circumstances).
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I wasn't trying to patronise, it's just a really good visual of why the term 'severe autism' is meaningless. I'd hope with any disempowered group, that you would involve them in a discussion about them. Why think that autistic people won't know best about autism?
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Many autistic advocates are 'severely disabled' by autism. We have advocates/activists who are non-verbal, who require full care and more. The internet actually allows people to communicate and advocate. Plus, many autistic advocates are parents of kids with high support needs.
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Also, many of us who are classed as 'high functioning' by neurotypical standards are actually just good at masking. Because of this, there is a huge rate of suicide in the 'high functioning' autism community, and next to no support available. We are dying.
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Safe to say they probably have more of an idea than a non-autistic person, for starters.
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You seem to be forgetting that many so-called "high functioning" autistic adults were so-called "low functioning" children. Activists Ann Memmott and Judy Endow are but two examples.
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Check out these apples.... "Some aspects of my personal history. Was nonverbal for some time Had self-injurious behaviors Lived in an institution for some years of my childhood Lived in two different groups homes Diagnosed with classic autism"http://www.judyendow.com/advocacy/the-pseudo-logic-of-not-autistic-enough/ …
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