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Autistic Advocacy

My Friend Autism

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Autism Myths

Autism is not an acquired injury, you are birthed one way or another. Nothing will happen after birth that will cause you to become autistic. You cannot acquire autism along the way and can't pick it up in childhood. If I was born autistic, they were born gay. They don't have theGayness. Right? And here's a real example of how this works: Let's use Orion as an example because he doesn't want to be defined by his disability. He would rather say 'Orion' than 'Paraplegic' Or even 'Disabled' Because what defines me is who I am. That's genuine. In the autistic community, there's

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