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Let’s talk about what inclusion is, & what it isn’t—from my perspective as the parent of an exuberant, high-support, much-loved autistic young adult who takes up a lot of space wherever he goes—& so has few real-world participation opportunities. A thread!
#neurodiversity 1/
#neurodiversity 1/
Inclusion is a real and basic human right, and simply means my autistic son has the right to be out and about in the world, as opposed to being segregated from or hidden away, as used to be the default for the generations of high-support autistic people before him. 2/
Inclusion does NOT mean forcing autistic and disabled people to be in places they don't want to be, which aren't set up for or accessible to them, or in which they aren't welcome. 3/
