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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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Chapter 4 Resources

  • Mental Age Theory Hurts People with Disabilities – by Ivanova Smith – http://nosmag.org/mental-age-theory-hurts-people-with-intellectual-disabilities/
  • Left Brain Right Brain: Autism News, Science, and Opinion – https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/
  • “Putting on My Best Normal”: Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509825/
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