After all what would autistic self advocates possibly know about being autistic! 
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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
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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Sorry, I've got to go, so I can't have this conversation with you now. Thanks for engaging, though.
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No problem. This might be of interest: http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what-neurodiversity-movement-doesand.html …
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You do not seem to understand that there are autistic people on twitter who were/are what you think of as severe who are trying to be heard & you are not listening. It does not appear to occur to you that autistics know autistics better than you do.
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