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When you read this vile headline wording (actually, RFK "raised the profile of autism" like Hitler "raised the profile of Judaism')... Remember that Autism $peaks was founded by NBC executives. It's all connected.

Also, notice how they don't say "autistic people" or even "autistic children," but "of autism."

To allistics (non-autistics) or even autistics who have too much internalized ableism, you may not understand why this is an important detail. I'm autistic and a professional writer. I choose words very carefully for their impact on people. Autism is a noun, whereas autistic is an adjective...

Autism as a noun is possible to separate from autistic people linguistically. Adjectives can only be used to describe nouns. So autistic people confirms that being autistic is something within us, as people. Autism, especially in the kind of deliberately deceptive headline writing NBC loves...

"The autism community." Autistic people with lots of political activism experience know that in the ableist context we're in, this is another deliberately deceptive phrase. The single greatest problem us autistics face, by far, is non-autistics claiming to "speak" for us. "Voice for the voiceless"

"The autism community" in the context of this ableist world, implies non-autistic "autism experts" and non-autistic parents being placed front and centre. I assure you, the best representatives of autistic people #ActuallyAutistic people, and nonspeaking autistics can also communicate and...

represent themselves. Mainstream autism "treatment" actually often works hard to deliberately take communication away from nonspeaking autistics. For instance, very frequently, ABA (it's vile conversion "therapy" and the most mainstream autism "treatment") takes communication devices away...