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19 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Well. That was 5 days ago. It's over 40,000 YouTube views now, and thousands more on Facebook. Maybe some people are starting to #LISTEN to nonspeaking autistic people? 😊
By the way, @Communica1st have been inundated with requests for translations into many other languages. The Spanish version will be out shortly, with five or more other language versions soon after.
The main reason why CommunicationFIRST are handling the translations with their own partners is that ableism and inaccuracies can creep into translations, and each language has its own nuances in that regard, so every translation gets vetted.
There is already a Spanish PDF transcript available here: secureservercdn.net/166.62.108.22/…

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There seems to be confusion. I'll clear it up:

Sia said she wanted to work with CommunicationFIRST; she offered to sponsor an intro to dispel misinformation; she promised she'd add a content warning and remove the restraint scenes.

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2. Those who just want to say their own thing and don't care much what nonspeaking people say.
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If you're a speaking autistic person who suddenly discovered that nonspeaking autistic people have something to say, are you going to concertedly continue amplifying their words after you have used them to bolster your anti-Sia campaign, or is this just a one-time thing?
The very least you can do is this.
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