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What Do We Mean By Levels of Autism?

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I’m not a fan of “levels of autism.” If an autistic individual makes a personal choice to refer to themselves as one of these levels, I can respect their decision. When it’s imposed meaninglessly by others, it’s too often disastrous.

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Diagnosed Autistic While Incarcerated: An Interview With Joseph Krauter

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Joseph Krauter is an autistic writer and tech worker who was diagnosed as an adult, while serving time at San Quentin Prison in California. We talked with Joseph about how his life could have been different with earlier diagnosis and supports, the difficulty of receiving an autism diagnosis while incarcerated, and how his life has changed since both his autism diagnosis and his re-integration into society.

The singer Sia, a white woman, singing into a microphone. She is wearing a divided black and blond long bobbed wig that obscures her face. She has an enormous white satiny bow on her head and is wearing a top made of the same material.

Now That We Know Sia Is Autistic

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When autistic people aren’t centered in things about us, it creates an ecosystem where an autistic person like Sia who does not understand herself as autistic creates a film like “Music.”

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