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Autism

Why I Do Not Hate Autism

Posted on July 24, 2018May 3, 2022 by Shona Davison

Do autistic people suffer? Sadly yes, lots of us do. Do we suffer from autism? No, I do not think so. That is why I do not hate autism.

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Autism

Everything Is Always Shifting and Inconsistent: Autism, Language, and Listening

Posted on April 7, 2016September 17, 2022 by M. Kelter

“It’s hard a lot of the time to know what I’m supposed to be paying attention to, what’s relevant to that particular conversation. I have to sift through all of the data and consciously keep track of what matters, and what doesn’t.”

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