The world is so surprised to see an Autistic young person who doesn’t look like the stereotyped, young, white, Anglo-American boy that they’re used to seeing in public.
The level of ignorance is legitimately astounding.
Some thoughts about Greta Thunberg 1/
One of the most common comments about Greta is that she looks uncomfortable (to non-Autistic eyes) when she speaks, that she moves around a lot, and that she’s almost obsessively focussed on her mission to spur the world into action on the climate. 2/
You sometimes ask me how you can be a better ally to people like me.
Well, we need you now.
I want to tell you about a play called #AllInARow, and about how it’s harmful to #ActuallyAutistic folks like me. 1/
You may not have heard of it, and that’s ok.
On the surface it’s about an autistic boy growing up with his family.
Except it’s not. It’s about an allistic (not Autistic) family living with an autistic child.
