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Chapter 4

  • Autism facts
  • 1. Vaccines do not cause autism.
  • 2. Autism is not a disease. You can’t cure autism.
  • 3. There is no “normal” person inside an autistic person.
  • 4. Autistic people have always been in the world.
  • 5. It’s okay to be autistic! Autism is not sad.
  • 6. Autistic adults are adults. That means that we have the minds of adults.
  • 7. Autistic people are autistic our whole lives.
  • 8. Most autistic people talk. All autistic people communicate.
  • 9. Autism and intellectual disability are not the same thing.
  • 10. Don’t assume things about non-speaking people.
  • 11. Autistic people know that everyone has thoughts.
  • 12. Autistic people are in the same world as everyone else.
  • 13. Not all autistic people are extra good at things.
  • 14. People of all genders are autistic.
  • 15. People of all races are autistic.
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Autism facts

Many people get confused about autism, and there’s a lot of wrong information about autism out there. In this chapter, we will talk about some wrong ideas people have about autism, and show you how autism actually works.

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