03/31/2026
Autism awareness and acceptance requires that we get the wide range of experiences of autistics. Thank you Em of NeuroWild for this reminder and for your constant advocacy and education!
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If all/most of the stuff you know about Autism has come from one particular advocate or demographic- your understanding will be limited.
If all/most of the stuff you know about Autism has come from white autistics, you are going to have big gaps in your knowledge about how racial marginalisation intersects with Autism.
If all/most of the stuff you know about Autism has come from low support needs autistics, you are going to have big gaps in your knowledge about how moderate and high support needs autistics experience the world.
If all/most of the stuff you know about Autism has come from autistics who use mouth words, you are going to have gaps in your knowledge about how non-speakers and AAC users experience the world.
This April we're going to look at the nuance.
We are going to look at perspectives outside of our own.
We are going to look at what we have been missing when it comes to conversations about Autism.
I'm preparing to get *very* uncomfortable as we do this work. Because as a low support needs, white, speaking autistic- I have a lot of gaps in how I understand Autism.
That means I mess up.
Regularly.
I have always been well-intentioned AND I have also caused harm to marginalised Autistics.
Both those things are true.
It's going to be messy.
It's going to be uncomfortable.
But if my advocacy and resources only extend as far as white, low support needs, speaking autistics- I've done a s**t job here.
I want my advocacy to be for all.
So I need to do the work.
Who's prepared to join me?
Em