Most autistic people, despite everything, actually like being autistic.
Not all, of course. But most of us.
And I don’t just mean ‘making peace with it’.
I mean: it's bound up with who we are.
A thread 🧵
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(refs at the end)
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For us, autism doesn't feel like some detachable defect.
Take it away – and you don’t leave me, just improved. You change who I am.
This feeling isn’t limited to one ‘type’ of autistic person. Across support needs, most autistic people say the same (refs at the end).
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K.J. Elphinstone
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