5 things you shouldn’t say to autistics

<p>Autism is widely misunderstood.</p> <p>Inevitably this means that people who have the condition are widely misunderstood too.</p> <p>The gap between how autistics are generally perceived and the reality of their lived experience is something of a chasm.</p> <p>Because of this, when autistics reveal their diagnosis the reaction can be extraordinarily dismissive. It can be to invalidate the way in which an autistic person experiences the world. This is often because an autistic person does not fit a preconceived notion of what the condition is or a stereotype.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@garethceidiog1/5-things-you-shouldnt-say-to-autistics-bc338262a526"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>