Some of us are trying to get food and transport money to mothers of autistic children, to get clinical professionals to #AllowAACinTherapy, to #StopChemicalRestraints and to #ListenToNonspeakers.
But the noise people hear out there is a chorus of "OMG, Elon Musk is autistic!"
But the noise people hear out there is a chorus of "OMG, Elon Musk is autistic!"
https://twitter.com/graphictruth/status/1438137547561992195
And although I don't think Elon Musk is all that cool, I'm OK with celebs coming out; it's just that they often don't understand where some of the dire needs are, and they certainly aren't putting their money there.
When last did a celebrity autistic say #IStandWithNonspeakers? They just step aside from that part of autism advocacy because they know they'd be out of their depth; so they leave it to the professionals and the moms to speak over nonspeakers. All they needed to do is to say,...
And then the next week, "I'm listening to nonspeakers! I'd like to share a passage from Ido's second book!"
And then the week after that, "I have some special guests on the show tonight. Allow me to introduce Hari Srinivasan, Damon Kirsebom, Jordyn Zimmerman and Zekwande Mathenjwa, who are going to talk about their goals for autism research."
And then: "Hey, everyone, here are the blogs and social media accounts of the people I interviewed last week, and guess what, we've had so many people contacting us as a result of the show, saying, 'Wow, how did you get to communicate like that, my son is 37 and he can't do it.'"
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