I am writing about autism spectrum disorder as an autist
(level 1) who was diagnosed as an adult at age 40 in the US.
Looking at the existing write-ups, the majority of them are
close to 25 years old and reflect the understanding of autism of the 80's and
90's.
Much of what was said about autism was at that time were out
of date ideas being pushed by the medical field and organizations like Autism
Speaks who do not have autistic peoples’ best interests in mind.
Autism Speaks pushes
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