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https://autisticnotweird.com/autismsurvey/

Autistic Not Weird made a new survey!

Some highlights:

-The non-autistic control group felt overall more socially isolated than the respondents of the 2018 survey. #Actuallyautistic respondents, however, did not.

-BUT autistic people were more likely than the control group to agree with the statement that "I found the lockdown harder than most people". Overall, both groups tended to disagree or strongly disagree though.

-ca. 84% of autistic respondents feel the need to mask in front of non-autistic people. Only ca 20% feel the need to mask in front of other autistic people.

-ca 65% of diagnosed autistic people approve of self-identification/ self-diagnosis. So did 48% of non-autistic caregivers

-Among autistic people, non-autistic caregivers, and non-autistic autism professionals, identity-first language (autistic person) was preferred. The preference was strongest among autistics (ca 91%)

Results and Analysis of the Autistic Not Weird 2022 Autism Survey - Autistic Not Weird

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-When it comes to language used for #actuallyautistic people, autism professionals are more likely to disagree with autistic people than caregivers are

-The majority of respondents disagree with the usage of the term "low-functioning". The disagreement is weakest among autism professionals (ca 9% use the term)

-The acceptance/ usage of the term "Aspergers" has lessened significantly (from ca 51% in 2018 to ca 19% in 2022)

-ca 62% of people who went through ABA strongly disagree with its usage

-ca 82% of autistic respondents disagreed with a cure. This percentage was the same among nonspeaking autistic respondents with learning difficulties.

-Only ca 51% of non-autistic caregivers disagreed with a cure for their autistix children

-74% of autism professionals disagreed with a cure, but only 20% of ABA practitioners did

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-#ActuallyAutistic repondents who approved of a cure were less likely to stim and to have special interests. They were more likely to have depression, anxiety, and learning difficulties

-Pro-cure parents were more likely to have children with academic learning difficulties and aggression

-Autistic people overwhelmingly reported less problems communicating with other autistic people than with non-autistic people

-Non-autistic people were significantly less likely to repond difficulty communicating with autistic people than vice versa. IMO this demonstrates how much work autistic people put into masking and into accomodating NTs, and how this goes unnoticed by NTs

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@ijyx This is so interesting. Thank you! #ActuallyAutistic