After all what would autistic self advocates possibly know about being autistic! 
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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.
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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If an autistic person screams when you try to help or interact with them, consider that something you did caused that screaming. Signed, an autistic person who sometimes screams at people who do something harmful to me because that‘s the only communication I can manage.
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He never said that and you damn well know it.
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