Hi.

Autistic person here

RFK Jr. didn’t “misspeak” when he called autism an “epidemic” that “dwarfs COVID.”
That’s eugenicist rhetoric.

We’re not a disease—we’re people.

The spectrum includes those who need support and those building the future. Diagnoses have expanded because understanding has improved—not because autism is “spreading.”

Dehumanizing us is not health policy. It’s dangerous

#actuallyautistic

Doctor who helped broaden autism spectrum 'very sorry' for over-diagnosis

According to a Rutgers study published earlier this year, autism rates in the US have increased some 500% over the past 16 years. And “profound autism” cases — those who are likely to n…

New York Post

@Whinery
@flexghost

Before figuring out I'm autistic, my struggles were just me being a worthless piece of shit. Now I know what's going on and can actually manage my struggles a whole lot better and suicidality has dropped. So, some doctors are fucking wrong. How bout that!

@Whinery @flexghost Notice they didn't interview anyone #ActuallyAutistic for this article? Not even one of those overdiagnosed ones they allege to exist?