Neurodiversity Podcast

Love on the Spectrum's Kaelynn Partlow on Autism, Advocacy, and Acceptance

Jun 18, 2025
Kaelynn Partlow, an autism advocate known for her role in Love on the Spectrum, shares her powerful insights on autism acceptance. She challenges the superpower narrative, emphasizing the need for nuanced understanding and genuine inclusion. Kaelynn discusses the evolution of ABA therapy, advocating for precise language and more supportive methods of communication like declarative language. She also encourages parents of newly diagnosed children to seek community and balance the recognition of both strengths and challenges in their journeys.
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ADVICE

Label Children Accurately

  • Parents should label their child correctly rather than let others give negative labels.
  • Correct diagnosis empowers identity, preventing harmful mislabels like "dumb" or "weird."
INSIGHT

Seeing Autism Builds Understanding

  • Seeing examples of autistic traits helps understanding far more than descriptions alone.
  • Without exposure, people misinterpret or fail to understand behaviors like stimming or social struggles.
INSIGHT

Autism is Not a Superpower

  • Autism is not a superpower because it is not something that others would want to buy or have.
  • Labeling autism as a superpower oversimplifies and dismisses real challenges autistic people face.
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