After all what would autistic self advocates possibly know about being autistic!
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Replying to @RussellRElliott
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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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
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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Replying to @RussellRElliott
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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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
It's a spectrum, but not one from mild to severepic.twitter.com/qgr7R6doBX
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Replying to @RussellRElliott @PhilosophyExp
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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Replying to @RussellRElliott
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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Sorry, I've got to go, so I can't have this conversation with you now. Thanks for engaging, though.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
No problem. This might be of interest: http://www.thinkingautismguide.com/2018/02/what-neurodiversity-movement-doesand.html …
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